Tangiwai Rail Disaster

 Tangiwai Rail Disaster

It was something that included a train or a tram that is on rails and it crashed and people died.

What happend with the rails and why lahar was involed and how many people died and lived.

1. 258 people were on board.

2. At 8:00 PM a 6 meter tidal wave of lahar came down the mountain

3. the train was going from Wellington to Auckland and the lahar it happen near Mt Ruapehu

4. the train drive saw someone flashing a torch so he put on emergency and he stop just in time to save the last 3 carges.

5. The queen gave out medals to the 4 volaunteers for their bravey.

6. An early warning system about the whangahau river was installed.

Everyone in the first carges died

150 dead

Many of the dead peoples famliys came to the bridge to have a funeral

21 people weren't able to be named

The ring of fire is around Mt Ruapehu

There is a crater thats on the mountain

Later the water from the crater is emptied out 

As it gets hotter the ice melts and the ash walls starts to get weaker

The ash brakes and water rushes down and collects everything in its way

All of the 5 front carriages plunged into the lahar river

One survivor was sleeping and woke up to water around her but this other girl on the outside grabs her and pulls her out thinking shes her sister

One girl died because she was traped under a seat because of the impact 

Some of the bodys were not found

Only 2 people in carriage 3 survived

The water level starts going down and people on the roofs of carriages were able to get to shore

The light of Chrismas day reveals a horrific scene of the disaster.

Thank you for reading stay safe