Paraparaumu Rail Crash - August 30 1936

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Paraparaumu Rail Crash - August 30 1936

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On August 30 1936 at approximately 6.25am the Auckland to Wellington express train crashed into a slip a quarter of a mile south of Paraparaumu station. The engine and first 4 carriages of the train derailed upon impact with the slip injuring six passengers and killing Arthur Frederick Bush, aged 80 from Picton. Heavy rain in the days preceding ...

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Archives New Zealand / Archives / Archives NZ / 1936 / Paraparaumu / Kapiti / Wellington Region / New Zealand / New Zealand History / NZ / NZ History / NZ Railways / Railways / Accident / Disaster

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