Volcanic Plateau, North Island, Tangiwai Disaster 1953, Board of enquiry, evidence etc.

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Volcanic Plateau, North Island, Tangiwai Disaster 1953, Board of enquiry, evidence etc.

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This scrapbook, compiled by A.G. Bagnall, covers the Tangiwai Disaster which occurred on Christmas Eve, 1953. A volcanic lahar flooded the Whangaehu River at Tangiwai, 10 km west of Waiōuru, in the central North Island, New Zealand, derailing the train and killing 151 of the 285 people on board. Inserted into the binding at the rear of the scrapbook is the Report of Board of Inquiry. Notes from the Tangiwai Enquiry Records of the New Zealand Railways Records have also been included. The la...

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Bagnall (New Zealand Research) Collection

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