Train Derailment in the Manawatu Gorge
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This photograph shows the retrieval of the derailed freight engine KA 951, derailed into the Manawatu Gorge. The accident happened 20 August 1946. Two of the three crewmen were killed - B. Craighead and the fireman, R. Hoskins, while the guard, R Maitland, escaped. Three wagons and the engine fell into the flooded river.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection R 51
- Date
- August 1946
- Digitisation id
- 2014N_R51_007820
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
Object rights
- License
- Attribution + NonCommercial
Taxonomy
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