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TANGIWAI RAILWAY DISASTER Derailment of Wellington – Auckland Express at Whangaehu River Bridge between Tangiwai and Karioi railway stations on 24 December 1953 REPORT BOARD OF INQUIRY
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City

Auckland / Wellington / /

Company

Bain / Association of New Zealand Incorporated. / Roger Wilson Harris / INQUIRY / N.Z. Railway Officers' Institute Incorporated / Inquiry R. E. OWEN / /

Country

New Zealand / /

Event

Natural Disaster / /

Facility

Victoria University College / Tangiwai Station / Whangaehu River Bridge / Tangiwai Bridge / Station Agent / Tangiwai Railway Station / Waiouru Station / Station Agents / Seismological Observatory / Bridge No. / /

IndustryTerm

bank / bridge site / fuel-oil supply tap / /

NaturalFeature

Mount Ruapehu / Crater Lake / Whangaehu river / Ruapehu Crater Lake / Whangaehu Glacier / Whagaehu Gorge / Karioi State Forest / Waikato River / Whagaehu River / /

Organization

Transport Accident Investigation Commission / Board of Inquiry / REPORT BOARD OF INQUIRY Reproduced / Ministry of Works / Professional Engineers' Association of New Zealand / Railways Department / US Federal Reserve / Department of Scientific and Industrial Research / Rangitikei Catchment Board / New Zealand Government / Board of Inquiry R. E. OWEN / Victoria University College / /

Person

Hemi Matiaha Ransfield / Charles John Henry Parker / William Ian Inglis / G. Eiby / A. R. Tarr / T. Wood / William E. Allaway / Lancelot Redman / Charles William Oakey Turner / James Healy / C. A. Cotton / A. C. Ellis / Ian Macarthur / /

Position

HON. MINISTER / driver / counsel / Queen / Guard / Chief Engineer / Professor of Geology / head / engineer / Engineer of the Works Department / following counsel / Assistant Guard / General Secretary / Fireman / Superintending Geologist / Engine Driver / /

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