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1963, Fifteen die in Northland bus tragedy
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18 November
1874
Cospatrick
fire kills 470
En route to Auckland laden with immigrants, the
Cospatrick
caught fire off the Cape of Good Hope. The tragedy has been described as New Zealand's worst civil disaster.
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1947
41 die in Ballantynes fire
The fire in Christchurch’s prestigious department store was the deadliest in New Zealand’s history.
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This Week in History
6 February
1840
Treaty of Waitangi signed
7 February
1963
Fifteen die in Northland bus tragedy
8 February
1915
Turkish ambush kills New Zealand seaman
9 February
1770
Cook completes circumnavigation of North Island
10 February
1967
End of free school milk
11 February
1864
Charles Heaphy earns Victoria Cross
12 February
1909
SS
Penguin
wrecked in Cook Strait