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The Tangiwai Disaster

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Author : Graham Stewart
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

The Tangiwai Disaster written by Graham Stewart and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Bridges categories.

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.

Tangiwai Disaster 1953

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002

Tangiwai Disaster 1953 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Disasters categories.

Tangiwai

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Author : Peter Greminger
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-08-03

Tangiwai written by Peter Greminger and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-03 with Fiction categories.

Alois Hartmann was cursing his father's incredible view, not to pass the farmstead over to him, the second born. Hand over head he left embittered and angry, together with his young wife Judith, the home valley in Switzerland and immigrated to New Zealand. He vowed loudly that he would show them all, who knew best about livestock and crop cultivation. The land at Taranaki was fertile and the Hartmann-Station became with the years an impressive property. But it demanded everything, hard work and solitude. Judith felt robbed of all her dreams and illusions. On Christmas Eve 1953 she set off to visit her only friend at Auckland, to find comprehension, comfort and advice. On that Holy Night nobody knew that the train would never reach its final destination, perhaps only the angry Mount Ruapehu...

Weeping Waters

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Author : Anne Maria Nicholson
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2010-05-01

Weeping Waters written by Anne Maria Nicholson and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-01 with Fiction categories.

On Christmas Eve 1953, shortly after 10pm a lahar (torrent of water) gushed out of the crater of Mount Ruapehu and swept down the valley, fatally weakening a railway bridge, minutes before a packed overnight express train nose-dived into a river at tangiwai, in the centre of the North Island. Many of the 285 passengers, mostly families and young people, were asleep and 151 perished in one of the world's worst train disasters. For Maori the tragedy was inevitable. the train track should never have been built across the volcano's path . . . tangiwai means weeping waters and was known as the place of torrential flows and death. In Weeping Waters, the memories of tangiwai drive those who live there fifty years on to look for ways to tame Ruapehu, where another deadly lahar is building. Set between 1953 and the present day the novel is based on events surrounding the tangiwai disaster and the conflict that still exists. While the characters and incidents are invented, many of the 1953 survival and rescue stories are based on true events. When a young Vulcanologist comes to research early warning systems on the mountain, she finds herself in the middle of a raging debate between local landowners, iwi and government agencies. With a hidden agenda of her own she finds herself torn between two men, each on opposing sides of the argument.

Tangiwai Disaster

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Tangiwai Disaster written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Bridges categories.

The Tangiwai Rail Disaster

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Author : Kevin Boon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

The Tangiwai Rail Disaster written by Kevin Boon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.

Journey To Tangiwai

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Author : David Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-11-22

Journey To Tangiwai written by David Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-22 with Children's stories, New Zealand categories.

It's 1953, in Napier, and Peter Cotterill starts the year writing in a journal given to him by his Great Aunt. We follow him through a year of many changes as his small community struggles through hard times. After joining the Scouts, Peter is determined that his patrol will get to the finals of a First Aid competition. This means travelling to Auckland by train on Christmas Eve, a journey that he will never forget. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.

Tangiwai Rail Disaster

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Author : Kevin Boon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990-10-01

Tangiwai Rail Disaster written by Kevin Boon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-10-01 with Railroad accidents categories.

Journey To Tangiwai

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Author : David Hill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Journey To Tangiwai written by David Hill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Children's stories, New Zealand categories.

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.

Weeping Waters

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Author : Benedict Le Vay
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Books
Release Date : 2013

Weeping Waters written by Benedict Le Vay and has been published by Anchor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Railroad accidents categories.