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: 27
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.
I know this song is for ships when they sink but it’s so much better with trains for some reason
@ghifartrains
4 ай бұрын
But this train sinks into the river
@user-hj3in5qn3n
3 ай бұрын
That's what I was thinking
@OMGITHOUGHTOFANAMENOW
2 ай бұрын
@@ghifartrainsit crashes to the river*
@ghifartrains
2 ай бұрын
@@OMGITHOUGHTOFANAMENOW oh
@ghifartrains
2 ай бұрын
@@OMGITHOUGHTOFANAMENOW but the carriages sink after it crashes
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 😔
B.I.H Wobon Kovent, 1946-1953. The 1953 Tangiwai Railway Accident.
@williamkearns2482
Жыл бұрын
Cause Of Death:(Fell Onto The Rocks Below)
@WilliamKearns5393
7 күн бұрын
Nerois: Instead, The Sharklizards Will Remain In The Underground World, Look After Kids For Me, Wallace Ceaons: Always Follow Rats. (Wallace Ceaons Runs Up To The Others Outside The Cave Tunnel Entrance And Nerois Sighs And Picks Up His Knife And Grabs Onto The Random Rope Before Cutting It) Nerois: RRRREEEEEVVVVUUUUUUU! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHEAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WHOO! (The Sharklizard Bridge Collapses And Falls Into The Dark Abyss As The Ropes Snap And Cut Open And Disappears Into The Foggy Mist) (Wallace Ceaons Runs As The Cave And Tunnel Collapses, Blocking The Entrance To The Underground World) (Wallace Ceaons Jumps Into Sunlight) GRUNTS AND PANTS.
Amat Skal Introduced International Force Os-3 Crash Deaths:222 Date:September 26 1958 Survivors:108 Passengers:455 Type:Breas Ocelot Oc-3
R.I.P The Wellington To Auckland Express, 1922-1953.
@WilliamKearns5393
4 ай бұрын
September 28th, 1927 - December 24th, 1953.
RIP to the drivers
I love 949
This is so depressing 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 i wish i was in the accident 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@ghifartrains
2 ай бұрын
What?
Where's the train?
This is sleeping sun
The litte gril is dead?
@WorldThought2024
22 күн бұрын
yeah true
Wrong music dude... 🧊 🚢
@cee_winner
Жыл бұрын
No
@ghifartrains
4 ай бұрын
this is way better dude