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Author : Kevin Boon
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Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The Tangiwai Rail Disaster written by Kevin Boon and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kevin Boon
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ISBN 13 : 9780705514835
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (148 download)
Download or read book Tangiwai Rail Disaster written by Kevin Boon and published by . This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Stewart
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ISBN 13 : 9781869340902
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book The Tangiwai Disaster written by Graham Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete story of Tangiwai -- Christmas Eve 1953 -- as told by someone who was there -- when 151 people lost their lives through forces and circumstances beyond man's control. At the time, Tangiwai was rated the eighth worst railway tragedy in the world by the toll of those killed and injured. Since that sad Christmas Eve many questions are still being asked: Was it negligence by man? Why were recurring lahars ignored? Was it an accident waiting to happen? The name Tangiwai means 'weeping waters' or 'waters of sorrow', from tangi, to weep or lament; and wai, water. It was so named to commemorate the loss of a Maori paramount chief who, according to legend, perished in a raging torrent that suddenly overwhelmed the normally placid crossing place in the Whangaehu River. Fiordland greenstone is also known as Tangiwai because the flecks in it resemble tears.
Download or read book Tangiwai Disaster written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tangiwai Disaster 1953 written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David James Mason
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)
Download or read book David Mason Papers Relating to the Tangiwai Rail Disaster written by David James Mason and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers relating to the inquiry into the Tangiwai rail disaster which occurred on 24 December 1953. Include detailed geological descriptions of the Lake before and after the lahar. (1) Geological report on the Tangiwai Railway Disaster of 24th December, 1953 / by J. Healy, Geological Survey, Rotorua; (2) Outflow from Crater Lake on Mount Ruapehu / J.H. Christie, Assistant Designing Engineer; (3) Statement of David James Mays Mason in the matter of Board of Inquiry Tangiwai Rail Disaster. (4) Mt Ruapehu Crater Lake : 1953 lahar 40th anniversary, a recurring disaster / Lewis S. Vause and D.J.M. Mason [text of conference paper]. (5) New Zealand Canoeing Association to Minister of Railways 5 Feb 1954 [letter].
Download or read book Tangiwai Railway Disaster written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tangiwai written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Loney reads from his book 'The falling' and others recall their personal experiences of the Tangiwai rail disaster of 1953.
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Download or read book The truth about Tangiwai rail disaster; and, Wahine written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two in-depth documentaries detailing two of New Zealand's worst transport disasters of the last century. Blending archival news footage, interviews with survivors and investigative journalism, both documentaries attempt to reveal the exact order of circumstance that led to both tragedies and if either of these national disasters could have been prevented.
Author : Kevin Boon
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (11 download)
Download or read book The Tangiwai Rail Disaster written by Kevin Boon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benedict Le Vay
Publisher : Anchor Books
ISBN 13 : 9780957669307
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (693 download)
Download or read book Weeping Waters written by Benedict Le Vay and published by Anchor Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Hill
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ISBN 13 : 9781869434991
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)
Download or read book Journey to Tangiwai written by David Hill and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1953 and Peter is determined that his scout patrol will get to the finals of a First Aid competition. This means travelling to Auckland by train on Christmas Eve, a journey that Peter will never forget. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Author : Graham Hutchins
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1775592499
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (755 download)
Download or read book New Zealand's Worst Disasters written by Graham Hutchins and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full train plunges into a raging river at Tangiwai; the Wahine is tossed onto rocks at the entrance to Wellington Harbour; an Air New Zealand DC-10 plunges into Mt Erebus; an earthquake destroys Christchurch … disasters like these are known to all New Zealanders: they are part of our history. But New Zealand has experienced many less well-known disasters, some of them shocking and brutal. Graham Hutchins and Russell Young describe some of the most extraordinary events in New Zealand history. Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942? That 10 people died in a lahar on White Island in 1914? That a yacht race between Lyttelton and Wellington in 1951 resulted in 10 fatalities? That a tornado ripped through 150 houses in Hamilton in 1948? A fire raging through Raetihi in 1918 was so fierce it destroyed houses, shops and 11 timber mills. Drownings were so common here in the 19th century that they were called ‘the New Zealand death’. These and many other remarkable stories are told in this eye-opening book. While it describes accidents and tragedies, it also reveals acts of heroism. For when human beings make mistakes, others often achieve daring feats of rescue. Some of the stories show that we underestimate Mother Nature at our peril, but many also testify to the courage of the human spirit. Few books are genuine page-turners; this one is.
Author : Library of Congress
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Total Pages : 1832 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
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Total Pages : 1924 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : New Zealand Railways. Board of Inquiry Regarding the Derailment of No. 626 Train Between Tangiwai and Karioi Railway Stations on 24 December 1953
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Download or read book Report of Proceedings of Board of Inquiry Regarding the Derailment of No. 626 Train Between Tangiwai and Karioi Railway Stations on 24 December 1953, which Opened at Wellington on Tuesday, 26 January, 1954 at 10.40 Am written by New Zealand Railways. Board of Inquiry Regarding the Derailment of No. 626 Train Between Tangiwai and Karioi Railway Stations on 24 December 1953 and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Hutchins
Publisher : Exisle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1927147298
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (271 download)
Download or read book Last Train to Paradise written by Graham Hutchins and published by Exisle Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No book exists specifically on the famous, popular ‘name’ trains that used to run on the New Zealand rail network. The Auckland-Opua Express once carried passengers to the Bay of Islands, the Onehunga Boat Train used to be part of the main route between Auckland and Wellington, and the Rotorua Limited enabled tourists and the well-to-do to take the waters in Rotorua. Later trains like the Silver Star and Northerner - even the Kaimai, Geyserland and Bay Expresses, withdrawn in 2001 - had a distinctive character too.Last Train to Paradise describes the halcyon days of New Zealand rail, some of which the author was fortunate enough to experience personally. The ‘name’ trains and journeys cover a considerable period of New Zealand’s history, from the late 1800s, through the ‘golden’ era of train travel (the first four decades of the 20th century), and conclude with the introduction of new services in the last half of the century. The railway lines described in the book cover every part of the country – and some that have almost been erased from popular memory. Almost everyone in the first half of the 20th century travelled by train – including royalty. In 1869 the first royal train journey from Lyttelton to Christchurch carried the Duke of Edinburgh; the first fully-fledged royal train carrying the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (the future King George V and Queen Mary) plied the route of the Rotorua Limited and the South Island Express; in 1920 the Prince of Wales traversed the country by train with Lord Louis Mountbatten. In 1927 the Duke and Duchess of York (the future King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) travelled more than 1700 miles by royal train. Other distinguished visitors whose stories will be told in the book include the English comedian J.L.Toole and his company (1890), Australian poet Will Lawson, singers Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Clara Butt, Irish tenor John McCormack and Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin, Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski, ‘March King’ John Philip Sousa and his band, ballerina Anna Pavlova, the 17-year-old violinist Yehudi Menuhin, writers Rudyard Kipling, Zane Grey and George Bernard Shaw, and actors Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. The book will include a wide variety of fascinating and unfamiliar photographs, not just of the trains themselves but also of the people who travelled in them.
