TIME CAPSULES DISCOVERED in the wreckage of the New Zealand earthquake could uncover a previously missing piece of history about the founder of Christchurch who was an Irishman.
The city was devastated by an earthquake last week which has so far claimed the lives of 160 people.
Two time capsules have been discovered in the base of the statute of John Robert Godley, the Irishman credited with the founding of Christchurch in the 19th century, according to the BBC.
A glass bottle with parchment inside and a metal cylinder were found by rescuers and handed over to the Canterbury Museum.
The New Zealand Herald reports that the contents of the capsule will be opened and unveiled once the cordon around the city centre is lifted and the capsules are brought back to the museum’s laboratories.
The city hopes to put the capsules back and rebuild the statue that was toppled by the quake which was one of the enduring images of the devastation.
The Mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker, said the contents of the capsules would “provide the inspiration we need in this most difficult time,” reports The Australian.
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