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The disaster occured at the North Island Main Trunk bridge over the Whangaehu River at Tangiwai.
Tangiwai is located on the south-eastern side of Mount Ruapehu, around 10km east of Waiouru, and 20km east of Ohakune, in the North island of New Zealand.
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Which carriage from the tangiwai train plummeted into the water?
tangiwai disaster
What year was the tangiwai train crash?
The Tangiwai disaster occured in 1953, on 24 December.
How did the Tangiwai disaster effect the train?
Quite badly.
Who was the driver of the train in the tangiwai train disaster?
Charles John Henry Parker
When did tangiwai disaster happen?
24 December 1953
What date and time did the tangiwai disaster happen?
The Tangiwai Disaster occured at 10:21pm on 24 December 1953, New Zealand time. (9:21am on 24 December 1953 UTC)
How many people died in the tangiwai railway disaster?
unfortunately, 151 people died in the Tangiwai disaster
How did the community cope with the Tangiwai Rail and Mt Ruapehu Disaster?
101 died in the tangiwai disaster
What year did the tangiwai train crash?
The tangiwai train crashed in the year 1953
When was the train crash in New Zealand?
There have been several train crashes in New Zealand, the worst being the Tangiwai disaster on 24 December 1953
What disaster occurred in the year 1953?
The Tangiwai Railway Disaster
What 1953 disaster claimed the lives of 151 people?
The Tangiwai Disaster.
