Nelson Earthquake 12 Feb 1893
Transactions and Proceedings of the NZ Institute
1893 Volume XXVI p347-354

The Nelson Earthquake of the 12th of February 1893
by George HOGBEN

Many chimneys were brought down, others were twisted 
out of position, and..., over one hundred were injured. 
In several buildings ceilings and plaster were shaken 
down, and walls were cracked. The spire of the Cathedral 
was estimated by the City Surveyor to have been 3ft out 
of plumb after the earthquake. Clocks were stopped, water 
overflowed in jugs north and south, a large amount of 
crockery and some statuary were broken in private houses 
and in shops, and in one or two instances plate-glass 
windows were broken.

... the north wall of a massive stone malt-kiln was
thrown away from the ends of the east and west walls,
and from the floor of the upper story, to such an
extent that the malt poured down upon the lower floor
through the aperture caused.