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We can connect 11 things related to 1900, Accidents, and Wellington Region to the places on this map.
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Photographer unknown: Wellington and district hotels and a tram accident

Date: [ca 1940-1950]

Reference: PAColl-6906

Description: 8 images of hotels including one of Porirua Hotel in the distance beyond a scattering of houses, a small church and a Shell station. Three are of a bad tram accident at the corner of Webb Street and Taranaki Street where a Thorndon tram went right through the premises adjacent to the Napier-Wellington Transport Co Ltd. Police and passers-by are looking on and workmen are trying to clear the debris. The last image is of what may be a nurses' hostel at Wellington Hospital. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045211 to 045222 Quantity: 10 b&w original negative(s) glass. 2 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

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Tram accident on Brooklyn Hill

Date: 1907

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: 1/2-003841-F

Description: A tram lying on its side next to the track with a group mostly of young boys around it. Another tram is passing on its way up the hill and there is a farm building in the background. Photographer was Zak. The accident killed two people. A close up of the tram is at 1/2-080520. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Men seated at a table eating a meal, Rimutaka Tunnel

Date: 1952

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1952/4265-G

Description: Men seated at a table having a meal, Rimutaka Tunnel. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

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Milk cart crash

Date: 10 Aug 1950

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/184/04-G

Description: Horse-drawn milk cart which had crashed with a car at Island Bay, Wellington near the corner of Avon Street and the Parade. Photograph taken 7 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

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Interior view of Rimutaka Tunnel showing rock fall

Date: 1952

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1952/4277-G

Description: Interior view of the Rimutaka Tunnel under construction showing rockfall, and a man climbing into the area. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

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Overturned crane in process of being righted, at the Petone Railway Workshops, 1923

Date: 1923

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1854-1/2-G

Description: View of a crane which had overturned, in the process of being righted, at the Petone Railway Workshops, in 1923. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Identification from Godber's own index file in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence, under C. Crane. Petone Shops. 1923. Overturned, & being righted. Box 73. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Interior view of Rimutaka Tunnel showing rock fall

Date: 1952

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1952/4276-G

Description: Interior view of the Rimutaka Tunnel under construction showing rockfall. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

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Tram accident on the corner of Coutts Street and Onepu Road, Kilbirnie

Date: 1943

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-125941-G

Description: Tram accident due to a derailment, on the corner of Coutts Street and Onepu Road, Kilbirnie, in 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Injured worker covered in blankets

Date: 1952

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1952/4275-G

Description: Injured tunnel worker covered in blankets lying in an ambulance after an accident on the Rimutaka Tunnel project. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

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A gathering of men, Rimutaka Tunnel

Date: 1952

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1952/4272-G

Description: A gathering of men in relation to an accident and rescue at the Rimutaka Tunnel project. Phtographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

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Injured worker with ambulance man, Rimutaka Tunnel

Date: 1952

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1952/4274-G

Description: Amblance man loading injured tunnel worker into an ambulance after an accident on the Rimutaka Tunnel project. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm

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