Kia ora,
Today I am talking to yous about the Tangiwai disaster, The Tangiwai disaster happened on 24th of Dec 1953 there were 285 people on board & 151 were killed by this tragedy. It happened because of a volcanic lahar from the Mt Ruapehu crater lake, There was a huge wave of water, silt, boulders & debris surging down the Whangaehu River minutes before the express approached the bridge at tangiwai.
This topic affected Nz because The Tangiwai tragedy killed more people than the combined total of all the other rail accidents in New Zealand history. The driver of the train was Charles parker, Charles Parker is one of the 151 people that have died during this disaster.
What do I think I know about this disaster?
Answer: I know that this has happened on Christmas day, & I also know that a man was holding a torch to let Charles Parker know that somethings coming their way to destroy the train tracks. Charles Parker stopped but he didn't stop in time.
-The driver braked but it was to late for 5 carriages
-Christmas day awoke to the news that 151 people died
- 21 dead people unidentified
-Mt. Ruapehu ring of fire
-Is a very active volcano / one of the most in the world
-Snow covers the mountain
-1945 Mt. Ruapheu sent Larah down the mountain
-The ice that covers the crater lake begins to melt once its summer
-Around 6:00 pm the train came through Palmerston
-The ash walls around the glacier / crater lake gave out and the water and ice pouring down the mountain.
-It was a wellington to Auckland express
-The driver didn't know that the bridge was destroyed at the time
-The train didn't stop in time
-One first class and four second class carriages fell into the gab in the bridge taking 176 passengers with them
-The other six on the bridge was still connected to the first five in the water
-Only one person in the sixth carriage died, she was trapped under a seat and died because of impact.
-Some bodies were washed into the river never to be found again
-Only two people survived of carriage 3
-The river slowly dropped allowing more people to get out of the sunken train
-You could make out what was left of carriages
-A bunch of children toys were washed up around the river bank.
Well anyways thank you all for reading ma blog post about The Tangiwai Rail Disaster. Bye bye
( this was made ages ago but I just didn't get the time to post it)
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