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

Ballantynes Fire

Ballantynes Fire

 

Predictions- 

What do I think I know about this disaster? That it is a fire because of the name

What do I think I will find out about this disaster? How and why it started and the people that were invold with the fire.

1. It is one of NZ oldest department store and was one of the most deadliest fire in NZ.

2. Cashel street, Christchurch Central city, 8011,

3. 1947, 18 November at 3:46 pm with 41 deaths.

4. People just thought it was a cellar fire so they didnt worry and when the fire got larger the people up stairs couldn't get down because the fire was on already on the stair.

5. 41 people out of 640 shoppers died some people jumped on to the verandah an d were unconscious.

6. They added fire alarms and fire drills, no Smoking inside.

VIDEO NOTES

• one of worsed fires
• 46 people missing
• 4 in afternoon in basmend
• employes on 2nd and 3rd floor
• other shops cracked and power lines came down
• army and airfoures helped
• the pumped water for 4 hours from 36 hoses

VIDEO LINK

MORE VIDEO NOTES

• 50 years ago
• the traped workers waved a the people on the street asking for help .
• they had 25 minutes before the first flames were seen
• The resource wasn't usefull because it was to long and we can't really hear it

VIDEO LINK

How many fire fighters do you think were there helping?

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