Arthur Douglas Stubbs, who was the third engineer at
the Golden Bay Cement Works at Tarakohe, was killed
by a fall of limestone at the works.

When the earthquake struck and the cliffs above the power-house opened and cracked. Mr Stubbs, who was
in the office, realised that the electric power was on over the whole works, endangering the hundred men who were escaping from the rocking buildings. He rushed into the switchboard room and pulled the switches cutting off the power.

He almost made it out the door but a huge rock crashed through the power-house roof, demolishing half the power house and killed Mr Stubbs instantly.