Train Derailment in the Manawatu Gorge

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Title

Train Derailment in the Manawatu Gorge

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Palmerston North City Library

Collection

Manawatū Heritage

Description

This photograph shows the retrieval of the derailed freight engine KA 951, derailed into the Manawatu Gorge. The accident happened 20 August 1946. Two of the three crewmen were killed - B. Craighead and the fireman, R. Hoskins, while the guard, R Maitland, escaped. Three wagons and the engine fell into the flooded river.Two of the three crewmen were killed in this accident

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Date created

1946

URL

https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/b11d2652-1fb5-4273-8f94-5c5634a3f6be

Locations

The Gorge, Manawatu

Related subjects

accident / fatal / photographs / r 49 / railway / railways / slip

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