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We are learning about our world and what the effects that we have on it, like the natural things on our planet. We had to go in groups and put together a venn diagram and see what is man made and natural.




 * Happened the 24th December 1953.
 * The type of disaster was a derailment.
 * It was caused by a volcanic mudflow from Mount Ruapehu.
 * There was 285 passengers.
 * 151 passengers died.
 * Carriages were ripped from the engine.
 * All crew members died.
 * 5 carriages fell into the river and were torn apart.
 * The volcanic mudflow washed away the leharre only leaving the tracks.
 * Soon after the rest of the carriages fell from the bridge and all that was left was the postal and the guards vans.
 * 1 of the carriages were carried 5 (miles) down stream to the ocean.
 * Soldiers from Waioru Army Camp came down to help with the rescue.
 * Survivors were taken to Waioru Army Camp hospital.
 * Local people went out and did daily searches for months then they discovered bodies rising to the surface.
 * Bodies were taken by trucks to Wanganui were police and undertakers identified them.
 * The Prime Minister of N.Z drove down from Auckland to the Tangiwai disaster early Christmas morning.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">20 of the bodies were never found.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #666666; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Skeletons of several victims have been found on the banks of the river over the last 50 years.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On Christmas eve, 24th December 1953 the over night express from Wellington to Auckland carrying 285 passengers met with a disaster. As it approached the Tangiwai bridge, the weight of the locomotive caused the weakened tracks to collapse. The concrete leharre beneath the tracks had already been washed away by the volcanic mudflows from Mount Ruapehu. Five carriages smashed into the river after been ripped away from the engine and all that was left was the postal and the guards vans. Most of the soldiers from Waioru Army Camp were called into help with the rescue, all the survivors that were found were taken to Waioru Camp hospital and most of the survivors had escaped from the carriages before the soldiers got there. All the bodies that didn’t survive the disaster were taken to the Wanganui were the police and undertakers identified them and then let their family know. The crew on the locomotive were unaware of the danger before the disaster and quickly applied the emergency brakes but they were to close to the bridge. There is a Tangiwai memorial with the locomotives number plate on a big concrete stand, the locomotives number plate is Ka 949. If you are wondering were Tangiwai is, it is by Taihape. 1 sad story for our family is my Nana and her family were booked on the express to Auckland, but due to her fathers illness her Mum canceled it that morning