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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>Hi Alan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>I will try and find out if all or only
some of the bells rang themselves down.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alan Ellis<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 4 September 2010
9:26 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [<st1:City w:st="on">Bell</st1:City>
Historians] <st1:City w:st="on">Christchurch</st1:City> Cathedral and <st1:City
w:st="on">St. Paul</st1:City>'s, Papanui; <st1:City w:st="on">Canterbury</st1:City>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello
Richard,<br>
<br>
To hear that the bells rang themselves down confirms the stories of bells
ringing in an earthquake.   Ours at Holy Rosary Cathedral  here
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:place></st1:City>
would do the same, as we leave them up.  <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:place></st1:City> is also located in an earthquake
zone and we know that the BIG ONE is coming. <br>
<br>
I'd be interested in learning whether all bells rang themselves down or whether
only those in a certain direction.  That is all the east-west bells and
not the north-south bells, or vice versa.   As ours all swing in an
east-west direction, an earthquake with forces north-south may not cause the
bells to ring down. <br>
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IMHO the bells at Papanui should be fine as the  tower is a steel frame
and not masonry.  Unless it was shaken off its foundations, it ought not
to have received any damage in the shaking. <br>
<br>
Best wishes<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
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Richard Offen wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'>The following has just been posted on ‘Look To’, the
ANZAB group, from <st1><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Chris Oldham</st1></st1:PersonName>
in <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Christchurch</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>:<o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cathedral bells
rang themselves down  I don't think any damage.  We'll inspect
 during the week.  Tower is closed until structural engineer has had
a good look, so no ringing there until further notice.  I haven't heard
anything from Papanui.<o></o><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Chris<o></o><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=3 color=black face=Optima><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Optima;
color:black'>Richard<o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <a href="mailto:bellhistorians@TBVjip_L816SE7YySABI5TgEQcL3vQAYCPNSNzljFuNjJxJyXbVDYcLlIu0qppGWYpbv-IhQS5Mi_Q_oJuVSGqzIwH1oBQ.yahoo.invalidm"><st1>bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a></st1>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><a
href="mailto:s.pilkington@xmzqGCiGWHpiWhj9nP90ZEWURsdckhdH5qA5WMlEjf_8QrLSikRtes_4f5APaXzoLP11qolyV5UarDLIRePWCZvT-DFP.yahoo.invalid">s.pilkington@xmzqGCiGWHpiWhj9nP90ZEWURsdckhdH5qA5WMlEjf_8QrLSikRtes_4f5APaXzoLP11qolyV5UarDLIRePWCZvT-DFP.yahoo.invalid</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 4 September 2010
12:28 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1><a
href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@CkOHR9De-SchqGb0uKkvpywD1HbunRUEi0VH8JGi_EJTHqQss1tXrXdazXeW7DQXx2GiPZr2y1KjvWMxDJKd0vhoEKgKXw.yahoo.invalidom</a></st1><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [<st1><st1:City w:st="on">Bell</st1></st1:City>
Historians] <st1><st1:City w:st="on">Christchurch</st1></st1:City> Cathedral
and <st1><st1:City w:st="on">St. Paul</st1></st1:City>'s, Papanui; <st1><st1:City
w:st="on">Canterbury</st1></st1:City> <st1><st1><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">New Zealand</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><o></o><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'>I'm sure by now most people have heard about the 7.1 richter scale
earthquake that hit <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canterbury</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>,
NZ this morning. Photographs taken so far indicate that parts of the city,
particularly the CBD have been flattened and other parts significantly damaged.
No loss of life, but water, sewerage and power are suspected damaged, and a
storm is expected to blow in tonight. I am sure our thoughts are with the
people of <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canterbury</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>
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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'>I was wondering if anyone has heard whether Christchurch Cathedral
and <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">St. Paul</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City>'s,
Papanui are intact and ok? <o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'> <o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'>A church just outside of <st1><st1><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Christchurch</st1></st1></st1:place></st1:City> apparently had its
steeple shifted by 10 cm along the roofline and a crane will come on Monday to
lift it back into place. If something like that happened to the churches with
rings in them, it could topple, and it does raise the question of whether it
will be safe to ring tomorrow morning or not.<o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'> <o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'>Any thought or comments?<o></o></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'>Kind Regards,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
color:black'>Scott Pilkington</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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