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Buildings collapsed like cardboard as the magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Hawke's Bay at 10:46am on 3 February 1931.A At least 258 people died in New Zealand's worst natural disaster, with a population of just 60,000 in Hawke's Bay at the time.

Crossrail has adopted a new approach to the restoration of the Connaught Tunnel under the Royal Docks which it says is safer and more efficient.

When you think of an archaeological dig, your backyard probably doesn't come to mind.

Last seen somewhere off the Irish coast , US company Odyssey Marine Exploration have announced that they have "executed an agreement with the Maritime Heritage Foundation for the financing, archaeological survey and excavation, conservation and exhibit of HMS Victory and artifacts from the shipwreck site."A A That's Admiral Balchin's HMS Victory - ... (more)

In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th century Bohemian crystal glassware, thousands of art objects including 300-year-old woodblock prints by a Japanese master.

A TROOP of intrepid young volunteers braved the cold to walk York's city walls dressed as Romans to raise cash for their cause.