The Tangiwai Rail Disaster

 Hello Everyone,

Welcome back to my blog, this week we are learning about the Tangiwaii Rail Disaster

Predictions 

What do I think I know about this Disaster?

This Disaster happened on Dec 24th 1953 and it's about a train and something about a Lahar

What do I think I will find out about this Disaster?

Death Toll, why it happened & survivor stories

1. There was 258 people on board 

2. It started on Mt Ruapehu

3. Dec 24th 1953 at 10:21 P.M

4. He saw a man waving a torch ( It saved the 3 last carriages )

5. She gave out medals to volunteers for their bravery

6. A early warning system about the Whangaehu River 

Total of information

1925 was that last Lahar

5 carriages went to the river

151 people died

21 people who died but no one knows their names

Very active Volcano 

1945, The Volcano erupted for months and caused heaps of Lahars

The summer, the glacier begins to melt

Wellington to Auckland

Charles Parker - Train Driver

Crater bank collapses at 8:00 P.M

26 tons of solid concrete

Alison Parker waved the torch

2 women survived, one girl pulled her hair out of the window ( Anne Lennox & 1 other women - only 2 survivors of car 3  )

No one in the 6th car was badly injured

   Kennedy was the only who died, trapped underneath a car seat

Mud everywhere

This is where I found all my information for poster --> Here 

Reflection

What Am I Learning?

I am learning about the Tangiwai Rail Disaster on Dec 24th 1953 at 10:21 P.M

How Does This Show My Learning?

This shows my learning because I have put all the information I have on this Poster

What Am I Wondering As A Result Of This Learning?

I have all the information I need to know

Looking Back At My Predictions, What Did I Get Right, What Was Different & Why?

I was correct about the date, train and lahar

Thank you for reading my Blog Post today,

Have you been to Wellington before?

Anyways, see you next time! Goodbyee!