'It is my most painful duty to inform your Excellency that a terrible calamity has overtaken this province. An earthquake has occurred, and the town of Wellington is in ruins.' Lieutenant Governor John Eyre to Sir George Grey, 19 October 1848 Wellington was only a fledgling settlement of some 3000 people when it was struck by a cluster of devastating earthquakes in 1848. The fearful violence of the shocks, the destruction of property, and the frequency and continuance of the danger caused universal alarm, and it was feared the settlement and its future was ruined. But Wellington did recover, quite quickly. This 2011 Victoria University Press Paperback is in
very good condition.
ISBN: 9780864736864 SKU: 1525720 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.
