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The Christ Church Cathedral rebuild has a funding gap of ... cost and risk of the project by removing the deep foundation for the tower and the lower courtyard, thus mitigating that risk, ...
ChristChurch Cathedral's spire collapsed into its bell tower on 22 February when a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's second-largest city, causing widespread damage. The death toll is up to ...
Authorities had feared that as many as 22 people were inside the cathedral's stone bell tower when it was toppled ... The Dean of Christchurch Rev. Peter Beck has been advised and was 'absolutely ...
The dean of earthquake-shattered Christchurch Cathedral said he wept at the "unbelievable ... they've cleared the tower, they've cleared the church and they've cleared the immediate surrounding ...
The cathedral, designed by the Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott and modelled on Christ Church in Oxford ... June brought down most of the bell tower and destroyed the much-loved rose ...
The already damaged cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand was hit ... destroyed its bell towers and shook the foundations. Lance Ryan, head of the church's management board, explained that ...
In 2011 Christchurch and the Cathedral was extensively damaged by a massive earthquake that toppled the tower, burying the bells in debris. The bells are currently back in the UK for repair whilst ...
One of the church bells dug from the rubble of the Christ Church Cathedral tower. Photo / Dean Purcell The Anglican Church cannot legally demolish the earthquake-damaged Christ Church Cathedral ...
Starting Friday, images of veterans from the First World War to the Afghanistan mission will be projected onto the south tower of Christ Church Cathedral in an event called Remembrance Illuminated.
A British couple have described their narrow escape from the earthquake in New Zealand as they were inside Christchurch cathedral when ... photographs of the bell tower, inset, just before the ...
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There's nothing old-fashioned about Christchurch, despite the fact it is New Zealand's oldest city, established in 1850 when the ...
Tower power ... Our late-night arrival at Christchurch's newest hotel, the Novotel Cathedral Square, is met with a glass of warming Baileys and a plate of home-made chocolate-chip cookies.