The Tangiwai Disaster.
New Zealand's worst rail disaster was the Tangiwai disaster on Christmas Eve 1953 which claimed 151 lives. An express steam train travelling from Wellington to Auckland plunged from a bridge that had been damaged by a lahar into the Whangaehu River.
Yes, Fiji sits on the Pacific Rim of Fire. The last major Earthquake that claimed lives and devastated the island was in 1953.
Šakvice train disaster happened in 1953.
Sydenham rail disaster happened on 1953-12-19.
24 December 1953
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The Tangiwai Disaster occured at 10:21pm on 24 December 1953, New Zealand time. (9:21am on 24 December 1953 UTC)
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