EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

When we saw the fire coming, we thought it was death for all of us. Most of the houses were flattened down in a short time, and only two were left. When I ran out of the house I was knocked down three or four times, and received severe cuts on the head.		Terima, a female Maori
Judge Henry Tacy Clarke		An immense sheet of flame shot up thousands of feet into the air, and then the red-hot stones and cinders rolled down the sides of the mountain.
All around Rotoiti everything was covered with the grey volcanic deposit...The telegraph lines were coated, and looked like ropes an inch thick. Numbers of staight dead tree- trunks were burning like torches.		Major William Gilbert Mair
Roger Dansey		A dense mass of ashes came down, and were accompanied by a suffocating smell.
The quakes did not cease, the earth felt as if its very foundations were rocking...It was bitterly cold, so a fire was made, and we put mattresses on the floor in the sitting room for the children, hoping they would fall asleep.		Mrs Emily Ray

Here are some useful addresses to check out on the Internet: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/volc images/img tarawera2 http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/1310.asp http://www.steamboat.co.nz

 

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