Tangiwai disaster (2 Dez 1953 Jahr – 2 Dez 1953 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
On 24 December a North Island main trunk express plunged off the Tangiwai bridge into the Whangaehu River. The bridge had been fatally weakened by a lahar from Mt Ruapehu’s crater lake. Of the 285 people on board, 151 were killed. This is New Zealand’s worst rail disaster.Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:
Datum:
2 Dez 1953 Jahr
2 Dez 1953 Jahr
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