Wreckage of the No. 4 railway construction camp in the Kopuawhara Valley after the flood

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Wreckage of the No. 4 railway construction camp in the Kopuawhara Valley after the flood

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Twenty-one people perished when raging flood waters swept away railway workers' homes in the darkness of early last Saturday morning: graphic pictures from the scene of the terrible disaster which overtook the Kopuawhara construction camp. All that remained of the stricken camp: a closer view of wreckage of some of the buildings after the flood had passed

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Date created

1938-02-23

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Auckland Weekly News

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https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/287707

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

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