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Selwyn Times Wednesday September 2 2020 6 REMEMBERING THE SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 QUAKE FAST FACTS • The magnitude 7.1 earthquake was the largest earthquake to affect a major urban area since the 1931 Hawke’s Bay earthquake. It was a relatively shallow earthquake – about 10km below the surface of the Canterbury Plains. During the strong shaking, the ground near the epicentre moved at up to 1.25 times the acceleration due to gravity. The earthquake was accompanied by a large surface rupture. •The quake was the first in New Zealand in which social media were used to share information. GeoNet earthquake reports were sent out using both Twitter and Facebook after each major aftershock. • The worst damage was suffered by older (mainly pre-1940s) buildings constructed of brick and masonry, and lacking adequate reinforcement. Some walls crumbled, with bricks cascading onto the streets. Brick chimneys toppled through tile roofs. A fault rupture occurred along a previously unknown fault line, which was named the Greendale Fault. Movement along the fault broke the surface, creating a fault trace extending for 30km west from Rolleston. Historic lodge a quake survivor • By Devon Bolger ALMOST 10 years ago to the day, Simonetta Ferrari could have died. An eight-tonne chimney came crashing through her ceiling, smashing on to the bed she was sleeping in – caused by the 7.1 magnitude quake that devastated parts of Canterbury. “It missed me by less than a metre, hitting the end of the bed. It was very close,” she recalls. “Afterwards, I couldn’t get out of the room, the door was jammed. Plaster and bricks were flying around us. I remember having a mouthful of plaster as I was trying to get out.” Ferrari is the owner of the Gunyah Country Estate, near Glenroy, and was in bed with her husband at the time, William Cottrell. Cottrell snapped an Achilles tendon as he was trying to escape from the bed, and was struck by a brick. Said Cottrell: “I had walked past the front of bed and the chimney came down behind me, I’d just about got to the door of the bedroom and the roof came down. “I was up to my knees in brick and then the back of one leg got smashed.” Cottrell said if he had not got out of bed as quickly as he did, he would have been killed. When asked how lucky she felt MEARES WILLIAMS LAWYERS ROLLESTON OFFICE 78 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston 10 Years in Selwyn Richard Gray Kate Warren Anita Molloy-Roberts Belinda Ferguson Emma-Jane Moore W: www.meareswilliams.co.nz T: (03) 374 2547 E: reception @meareswilliams.co.nz Offices also located at: 43 Gerald Street, Lincoln 225 Papanui Road, Christchurch REPAIRED: Gunyah Country Estate’s main dining room after the earthquake, and as it looks now with owner Simonetta Ferrari. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN to be alive, Ferrari said she did not even think about it at the time. “You are in such an adrenaline type mode to be able to deal with what’s happening. “It took a long time and it’s only looking at the photos months after that suddenly you think oh gosh there was a chance I may not have been here anymore.” The two-poster antique bed was completely destroyed by the weight of the chimney. All four of the estate’s brick chimneys collapsed during the quake. “I do think about it still now, I’ll never forget it. It has affected my life and it is quite hard to talk about sometimes.” Ferrari was considerably lucky compared to a man in his 50s who suffered serious injuries when a chimney fell on his taxi in Manchester St, Christchurch. In the February 22, 2011, LUCKY: William Cottrell, in 2010, in his bedroom where he was sleeping when the quake struck. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN earthquake, falling bricks and masonry killed 11 people in Christchurch. Ferrari said she can remember the confusion when the earthquake first struck. “I’ve never been in an earthquake before so I had no idea that’s what it was. My brain thought oh there is a lot of noise and I was being shunted back and forth on the bed. “I remember thinking what is it? It can’t be an earthquake, and then I thought oh s**t it is an earthquake.” Gunyah was partially back up and running in a few months. Repairs on the building were finished two years after the quake. Buy online, instore or click and collect Save time & get your products delivered to your door Experience the enjoyment of growing fresh veggies at home. With an excellent range of products to get you started, Intelligro is here to help you on your growing journey. OPEN 7 DAYS 261 Manion Road, Weedons P: 03 347 9012 | E: info@igro.co.nz | www.igro.co.nz Pressed Tin Ceilings 17,000 used bricks 17 West Belt, Lincoln thelaboratory.co.nz Built in 2015 from earthquake recycled materials Come in a experience the history! Windows and doors from earthquake ravaged Christchurch Trusses from the 1864 Wards Brewery Hororata Pub Bar Counter Floorboards from the Lane Walker Rudkin Factory Staircase from the Rangi Ruru Boarding House
Wednesday September 2 2020 Selwyn Times 7 ‘God knows how she got out’ • By Devon Bolger DAVE FITZJOHN and his family were almost as close as you can get to the epicentre of the earthquake. Their property in Greendale is near to Charing Cross where experts say the quake was centered. “You feel like you’re on a fast train that’s gone completely out of control, the whole house was rattling,” said Fitzjohn. “One thing I really remember was I woke up and said: ‘Earthquake,’ and my wife Dave Fitzjohn just turned to me and said: ‘Yes.’ It was one of those stupid married conversations.” It was impossible to move at all, Fitzjohn said, but his wife April did not realise this and ended up being thrown into a cupboard. It was a wardrobe type cupboard, she was trying to get to their teenage daughter Jessie. “She hardly remembered being thrown into it but the cupboard door was completely munted. “With her shoulder being black and bruised and the door MESS: The Fitzjohn’s kitchen floor after the quake caused their cupboards to empty. pushed in, it all sort of came back. I think it was all that adrenaline at the time.” Fitzjohn said once it was safe enough, he moved down to Jessie’s room. “She was quite amusing in a way because when I got to the room she was shouting am I supposed to be under the bed or standing under a doorway?” To this day, the Fitzjohn’s cannot figure out how Jessie managed to find her way out of her bedroom. “Her room was completely full of stuff, she must have climbed up and over it and somehow pulled the door open enough and got down into the passageway. “That night we could not actually get her back into her bedroom. We couldn’t open the door. God knows how she got out, it must have just been adrenaline.” Once things calmed down, the family went outside and stood in the garden. “As it got lighter we saw more bits of the house that were missing. Jessie said hang on the chimney is not there. “Then, we had a huge water tank, it was like oh the water tank’s gone. It was quite freaky.” Fitzjohn said they were told the house had moved between 10-30cm off its foundations. The family had also just got a new puppy which was sleeping in a crate in their study at the time of the quake. “The study was completely full of books that had come down, draws and all sorts. It probably took about 15 minutes to extricate this puppy. “It’s lucky he was in a crate, I can’t imagine if he had just been lying there. It came out wagging its tail as if it was just a cool game.” •More quake coverage, p8-12 FAST FACTS •The Earthquake Commission has settled 25,309 claims from the district during the Canterbury earthquake sequence. •The total value of the claims paid out in the district was $437 million. •The 7.1 magnitude earthquake on September 4, 2010, struck at 4.35am at a depth of 11km. •The quake’s epicentre was near Darfield. Four metres of sideways movement has been measured between the two sides of the previously unknown Greendale fault. •The quake lasted up to 40sec and occurred as a result of strike-slip faulting within the crust of the Pacific plate. •Lillian Daniels-Witika of Christchurch died of a heart attack suffered during the quake, although this could not be directly linked to the earthquake. •Two men in their 50s sustained serious injuries. One was hit by a falling chimney while the other was injured by broken glass. •Several thousand residents sustained lesser injuries for which they sought medical help. Love, Learn and Play the Freckles way! OPENING OCTOBER 2020 Freckles Early Learning Centre is a brand new purposebuilt, spacious facility in Rolleston with the best and latest pedagogical experiences. Freckles is built on a massive 3500m2 site and is licensed for only 70 children centre-wide. When owners Tracy and Gavin Summerfield were approached by the developer of Falcons Landing, Rolleston to build another centre, they thought long and hard about it. They had observed a number of new centres opening in recent years but most seemed to be concentrating on larger licences with smaller sites. So they decided they would do something different. Freckles has been designed with children in mind, with spacious indoor and outdoor areas, enabling children to explore, identify, negotiate, take risks and create meaning to learn about the world around them. Freckles will operate three stage and age appropriate rooms employing qualified teachers in all environments. Tracy says their success with the couple’s The Cat’s Pyjamas Rolleston and West Melton early learning centres is built on having the best possible staff and this will continue at Freckles. “We are committed to staffing the new centre with qualified, passionate and caring people who believe in our vision, values and philosophy. We know they will have relevant skills and experience, that they will bring something unique to our team, and that they will put the children in their care before anything else.” The Freckles vision: creating places that are rich in love, laughter and learning. “Every decision we make comes from the heart,” Tracy adds. “Our aim is to provide beautiful spaces that are full of happy, nurtured and challenged children, where the wonder of learning thrives.’ “To us, family is everything. We are passionate about creating early learning centres that offer a safe, welcoming and nurturing environment”. Freckles Early Learning Centre provides space and opportunity for physical play. Play is valuable for children’s physical development as they run, climb, skip, hop, jump, throw and catch. Physical play helps build on children’s fine and gross motor skills, and having the space to provide swings, bike tracks, fixed and moveable play equipment is very important for child development. YOU ARE WARMLY INVITED to follow our journey as Freckles develops and becomes part of the Rolleston community. Registrations are now open www.freckleselc.co.nz 48 Branthwaite Drive, Falcon’s Landing, Rolleston Phone: 0212802446 Email: info@freckleselc.co.nz Hours: 7.30am – 6.00pm www.freckleselc.co.nz
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