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Christmas Eve.
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 7:30 pmby ciderman_nz
Amongst the festivities in New Zealand is always a sombre note on this day. In 1953 I had only been in NZ for a year before nature showed how puny we humans are. The 'Tangiwai' disaster was brought about by a lahar from Mt Ruapehu which took out the rail bridge just before the night express from Wellington to Auckland arrived. The river was filed with bodies but also with Christmas presents and brightly coloured paper. The man mentioned in this article showed amazing courage as the first on the scene.
"Tangiwai" in Maori means "Weeping Water". How appropriate.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/historic-vo ... activity/5
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:22 pmby dejavou
The link didn't work Cider
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:30 pmby ciderman_nz
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:01 pmby rocky
[font=Verdana]Dreadful, Michael ...
Churns ones stomach even to read about it.[/font]
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:26 pmby Maywalk
Oh My God Michael.
It must have been dreadful for all the families involved.
Such a tragedy.
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:35 pmby Corrie
Tragic story.
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:48 pmby Rowan
How terrible Michael. Those poor people.
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:54 pmby DaisyB
Such a dreadful event, nature can be very cruel
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:13 pmby Victors Mate
A catastrophe at any time but just before Christmas seems to make it far worse.
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Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:23 pmby dejavou
As everybody else has said, a great tragedy, yet another example that Mother Nature can never be tamed
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Fri Dec 24, 2010 2:50 amby Lacemaker
What a dreadful and horrifying thing to happen, Michael.