Tangiwai Train Disaster 1953

The Tangiwai disaster occurred at 10:21 p.m. on 24 December 1953 when a railway bridge over the Whangaehu River collapsed beneath an express passenger train at Tangiwai, North Island, New Zealand. The locomotive and first six carriages derailed into the river, killing 151 people. The subsequent board of inquiry found that the accident was caused by the collapse of the tephra dam holding back nearby Mount Ruapehu's crater lake, creating a large lahar in the Whangaehu River, which destroyed one of the bridge piers at Tangiwai only minutes before the train reached the bridge. The volcano itself was not otherwise erupting at the time. The disaster remains New Zealand's worst rail accident.
Occupants: 285
Fatalities: 151
Survivors: 134

Пікірлер: 26

  • @emmahardwick4806
    @emmahardwick48062 ай бұрын

    It's such a nice gesture that every Christmas Eve, there is a wreath thrown from the train into the river in rememberance of the 151 people who died in this tragedy.

  • @Waluigitheretrogamer5674
    @Waluigitheretrogamer5674 Жыл бұрын

    I know this song is for ships when they sink but it’s so much better with trains for some reason

  • @ghifartrains

    @ghifartrains

    3 ай бұрын

    But this train sinks into the river

  • @user-hj3in5qn3n

    @user-hj3in5qn3n

    2 ай бұрын

    That's what I was thinking

  • @OMGITHOUGHTOFANAMENOW

    @OMGITHOUGHTOFANAMENOW

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ghifartrainsit crashes to the river*

  • @ghifartrains

    @ghifartrains

    2 ай бұрын

    @@OMGITHOUGHTOFANAMENOW oh

  • @ghifartrains

    @ghifartrains

    2 ай бұрын

    @@OMGITHOUGHTOFANAMENOW but the carriages sink after it crashes

  • @Aisissoa
    @Aisissoa3 ай бұрын

    Amat Skal Introduced International Force Os-3 Crash Deaths:222 Date:September 26 1958 Survivors:108 Passengers:455 Type:Breas Ocelot Oc-3

  • @allgood6760
    @allgood67603 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately my Dad was in the rescue party at the Tangiwai Disaster and he was one of the first people there he was working at Kariori as a forestry worker and was something he never really talked about and once I was on a suburban train from Wellington and an older gentleman sat next told me his girlfriend was in the front carriage of the Tangiwai Disaster train very sad the last thing he remembered was when he kissed her good bye. I can't imagine what happened to her? very sad 😔

  • @williamkearns2482
    @williamkearns2482 Жыл бұрын

    B.I.H Wobon Kovent, 1946-1953. The 1953 Tangiwai Railway Accident.

  • @williamkearns2482

    @williamkearns2482

    Жыл бұрын

    Cause Of Death:(Fell Onto The Rocks Below)

  • @williamkearns2482
    @williamkearns2482 Жыл бұрын

    R.I.P The Wellington To Auckland Express, 1922-1953.

  • @WilliamKearns5393

    @WilliamKearns5393

    4 ай бұрын

    September 28th, 1927 - December 24th, 1953.

  • @WorldThought2024
    @WorldThought202413 күн бұрын

    RIP to the drivers

  • @kristiawanhr4863
    @kristiawanhr486328 күн бұрын

  • @normarzianaabdullah100
    @normarzianaabdullah100Ай бұрын

    I love 949

  • @wolfgangwolfdogplaysguitar701
    @wolfgangwolfdogplaysguitar701 Жыл бұрын

    This is so depressing 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i wish i was in the accident 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @ghifartrains

    @ghifartrains

    2 ай бұрын

    What?

  • @SLGMemories.2012
    @SLGMemories.20124 ай бұрын

    Where's the train?

  • @akockulot4991
    @akockulot49915 ай бұрын

    This is sleeping sun

  • @AgaranShankar
    @AgaranShankar28 күн бұрын

    The litte gril is dead?

  • @WorldThought2024

    @WorldThought2024

    13 күн бұрын

    yeah true

  • @AndriuV2
    @AndriuV2 Жыл бұрын

    Wrong music dude... 🧊 🚢

  • @cee_winner

    @cee_winner

    Жыл бұрын

    No

  • @ghifartrains

    @ghifartrains

    3 ай бұрын

    this is way better dude