This view of Whangaehu River bed after the flood had subsided shows the engine and one of the carriages covered in mud. Download the PDF to read Joan Karam's description of the terror of being in one of the carriages that plunged into the river, and how she escaped.
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This is amazing do you know
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14 September 2021
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