Over the years people have added their names and comments to the door. A few of these are below. But the one that really captured my interested today was this one:
When I got home I googled the date – 9 March 1929 and found the quake referred to at exactly the right time 10.50am.
Take a look at these links…the quake was centred in Arthurs Pass and was just a few months before the better-known Murchison quake.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/historic-earthquakes/5
http://info.geonet.org.nz/display/quake/M+7.1,+Arthur’s+Pass,+9+March+1929
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_Arthur’s_Pass_earthquake
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Some other images from the belfry door:
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