Railway construction camp at Kopuawhara Valley near Māhia: before and after a flood that killed 21 people

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Railway construction camp at Kopuawhara Valley near Māhia: before and after a flood that killed 21 people

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The cover of The Weekly News issue for February 23, 1938. River torrent overwhelms railway camp: heavy loss of life in North Island East Coast flood disaster. These two pictures tell the tragic story of the disaster which overtook No. 4 railway construction camp at Kopuawhara, about 35 miles north of Wairoa, early last Saturday morning. UPPER: The block of 47 workers' homes before the coming of the raging wall of water which overwhelmed them. LOWER: A view of the same place after the torrent ...

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1938-02-23

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Auckland Weekly News

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/287681

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Labor camps - Kopuawhara Valley / Floods - Hawkes Bay / Flooding - Hawkes Bay / Flood damage - Hawkes Bay / Natural disasters - Hawkes Bay / Magazine covers

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