The 1888 North Canterbury earthquake caused a spire in the south-eastern corner to tilt , leading to its subsequent removal . The church and hall were severely damaged in the September 2010 earthquake and the aftershock the following Boxing Day . The building collapsed the following February in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake while a team of eight workers from the South Island Organ Company were dismantling the organ , killing three of them
September 2010 earthquake
2010 Canterbury earthquake
Durham Street Methodist Church