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Volunteers at Tangiwai disaster

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Volunteers at Tangiwai disaster

At the scene of the railway disaster at Tangiwai, December 1953. A second-class railway carriage lies on its side with men standing alongside and on top of the wreck.

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PAColl-2388-05PAColl-4875-1-01-02
Photographer: Morrie Peacock
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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Volunteers at Tangiwai disaster, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/volunteers-scene-tangiwai-railway-disaster, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated