Railways - Earthquake effects

Date: 20 Apr 1996

From: Whanaungatanga : Ngati Wehiwehi me Nga Rauru oral history project

By: Gibb, Raynor, active 1940s-1996

Reference: OHInt-0610-2

Description: Raynor Gibb talks about parents Wi Marino and Marg Aitken, her siblings and childhood memories. Describes memories of her grandmother, travel to Te Horo, Patea and Wehiwehi marae and interaction with Ngati Poneke. Outlines school day recollections and varied employment. Discusses entertainments including movies and dances in Wellington with friends and workmates. Talks about memories of World War II with American troops at Cross Creek and Japanese prisoners of war in Featherston camp. Discusses the Wairarapa earthquake and damage to railway tracks, the Tangiwai rail disaster and the sinking of the Wahine. Remembers meeting husband and later separation. Talks about her children and grandchildren. Mentions Wally and Rose O'Conner. Interviewer(s) - Michael Walsh Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-013210 Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 50 Minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4608.

Date: [ca 1960s-1980s]

From: New Zealand Centre for Photography :Photographs

By: Hoy, Douglas George, 1937-1992

Reference: PAColl-9528-2

Description: Photographs of railway scenes taken by Douglas George Hoy. Includes photographs of Wellington Harbour Board buildings and vessels, United Kingdom trip in 1980, and photographs of friends, pets and various artistic photographs. Accompanying material - Negative index Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 3 March 1987]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1987/0990-F

Description: Buckled railway line and a locomotive flung on its side by the force of the Edgecumbe earthquake. Photographed ca 3 March 1987 by an unknown Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: February 1931

From: Jones, D H :Photographs of Napier and Hastings after the 1931 earthquake ; and the Taramakau River

Reference: 1/2-135766-F

Description: Shows the Napier-Gisborne railway line after the Hawke's Bay earthquake in 1931. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: February 1931

From: Barker, S :Photographs of Napier after the earthquake, 1931

Reference: 1/2-139753-F

Description: Shows Napier wharf railway line after the earthquake in 1931. Photograph taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1929

From: Buckley, Maurice W (Mrs) :Photographs and albums, including photographs of the Napier earthquake; Southern Cross aeroplane; Catalina flying boat; aerial photographs of the South Island, particularly the Southern Alps; and others

Reference: PAColl-0813-25

Description: View of railway lines bent out of shape by the 1929 Murchison earthquake; photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6 x 8.4 cm

Date: 1901

Reference: 1/2-022301-F

Description: Earthquake damage to the road from Cheviot to Port Robinson, 1901. Taken by an unidentified photographer. This is a copy of a photograph from `The Weekly Press', Nov 27, 1901 Note on back of file print reads: "Fissures on the road from Cheviot to Port Robinson. There is a creek on the right side of the road, and below the fissure the road has fallen towards it.....and is 2 1/2' below its proper level. The fissures are 2 1/2' deep" (Probably the caption from `The Weekly Press') Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).