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The great volcanic outbreak at Tarawera, New Zealand, 10th June, 1886: loss of over one hundred lives, villages overwhelmed, the Rotomahana Terraces engulfed, sixty square miles of country in eruption

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  • Description

    A collection of contemporary newspaper messages and eye-witness accounts made into a narrative probably by Coupland Harding himself--Bagnall 2303.

  • Place
    Napier, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    DU436.18 GRE (Library of Congress Call Number)

    87359 (Cat ID)

    87207 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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    Catalogue

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    • Roto Mahana [Rotomahana] or Hot Lake District. Roto Pounamu [Rotopounamu] and Burning Ranges.
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    • Roto Mahana [Rotomahana] or Hot Lake District. General view of the Hot Lakes, looking East.
    • Roto Mahana [Rotomahana] or Hot Lake District. Boiling Geyser, side view of one of the Terraces.

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