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Kōrero: Historic volcanic activity

Damaged rail carriage

Damaged rail carriage

The remains of a railway carriage lies beside a section of rail track; another rests on its side on the opposite side of the river. The Whangaehu River has dropped back to its normal level, but the mud that covers everything indicates the extent of the flood.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Morrie Peacock Collection (PAColl-4875)

Reference: MP-0059-10

by Morrie Ronald Peacock

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart rāua ko Graham Leonard, Historic volcanic activity – Ruapehu and the Tangiwai disaster, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6869/damaged-rail-carriage (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney, Carol Stewart rāua ko Graham Leonard, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.

Comments

ginesa
29 August 2013
love the story but it is sad
Te Ara
27 September 2011
Hi Dave, thanks for your comment. The photo above belongs to Alexander Turnbull Library, and you will need to contact them for permission (as they hold copyright we can't just give you the OK). It may be helpful to let them know the reference number, which is below the caption for the image. This page on their website has information about ordering images: http://find.natlib.govt.nz/primo_library/libweb/static_htmls/timeframes/order/
Dave Flang
24 September 2011
I would like to use your disaster images in a video for upload to YouTube. The story I am using is from the Fight ON!, book by Sam Gipp. This is a previous upload: The First One: Read by Dan Marvin Lt. Colonel USASF (Ret.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZFmmd69Vt0 Regards, Dave Flang