The Whangaehu River is a large river in central North Island of New Zealand. Its headwaters are the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu on the central plateau...

The lake's outlet is at the head of the Whangaehu Valley, where the Whangaehu River arises. The Whangaehu River is notorious for destructive lahars caused...

at 10:21 p.m. on 24 December 1953, when a railway bridge over the Whangaehu River collapsed beneath an express passenger train at Tangiwai, North Island...

Zealand's North Island. Whangaehu is located near the mouth of the Whangaehu River, a large river flowing from for 135 kilometres (84 mi) the crater lake of Mount...

diverts water from tributaries of the Rangitikei, Whangaehu, Whanganui, and Tongariro rivers. These rivers drain a 2,600-square-kilometre (1,000 sq mi) area...

from Mount Ruapehu. The bridge collapsed, sending the train into the Whangaehu River, killing 151 people. Many army and naval personnel were involved in...

The Wahianoa River is a river of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. One of the headwaters of the Whangaehu River, it flows southeast...

151 people died after a Christmas Eve express train fell into the Whangaehu River in 1953. Lahars have caused 17% of volcano-related deaths between 1783...

Tangiwai disaster, occurred near Tangiwai on 24 December 1953. The Whangaehu River rail bridge collapsed beneath a Wellington-to-Auckland express passenger...

hill-country farming and forestry community in the middle reaches of the Whangaehu River valley, in the Whanganui District and Rangitikei District of Manawatū-Whanganui...

Mount Ruapehu, passes through Ohakune before discharging into the Whangaehu River to the south-west of Mangamahu. The name Mangawhero means comes from...

Tangiwai, North Island, New Zealand: the Tangiwai railway bridge over the Whangaehu River collapsed as the overnight express train between Wellington and Auckland...

Whakatahine River Whakataki River Whakatāne River Whakatīkei River Whakaurekou River Whanaki River Whangae River Whangaehu River Whangamarino River Whangamaroro...

and manufacturing and power capabilities deriving from the Ruhr and Eder rivers. This raid later became the basis for several films. Attacks on dams were...

17 May 1877, with a rugged line through the valleys of the Whangaehu River and Turakina River to Turakina. The route had been chosen due to its cheapness...

six carriages of the Wellington-Auckland express to plunge into the Whangaehu River, killing 151 people in New Zealand's worst railway disaster. The percentage...

aircraft was informed that two men were caught in the floodwaters of the Whangaehu River, near the township of Kauangaroa. On arriving at the scene, the first...

disaster in New Zealand when the Tangiwai Railway Bridge over the Whangaehu River collapses as the overnight express train between Wellington and Auckland...

was the worst rail accident in New Zealand. The rail bridge over the Whangaehu river at Tangiwai had been badly damaged by a lahar from Mount Ruapehu just...

1953, New Zealand's worst rail disaster. Although recovered from the Whangaehu River and taken to Hutt Workshops, it was never repaired and officially written...

Rangipo Fault (also known in the past as Desert Road Fault, Whangaehu River Fault, 'Whangaehu Fault) is the eastern Taupō rift-bounding north–south striking...

disaster: An overnight Wellington-to-Auckland express train falls into the Whangaehu River, after the rail bridge is destroyed by a lahar from Mount Ruapehu's...

Tangiwai, New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River; 151 are killed. December 25 – The Amami Islands are returned to Japan...

a list of bridge failures. The General (1926 film): The fictional Rock River bridge, a wooden trestle bridge purpose-built for the film, is set on fire...

47 injured. 2 October 1941, Whangaehu, near Whanganui – An AB class locomotive and 11 trucks fell into the Whangaehu River after at least one of the trucks...

MV KAITAWA – 1966". Retrieved 15 September 2016. Beswick, Angela. "Pike River: Second explosion, no survivors". 3 News. Archived from the original on...

These include the Waikato and Whangaehu Rivers, as well as major tributaries of the Rangitikei and Whanganui Rivers. The desert is bisected by only...

railway bridge away, causing a passenger train to plunge into the Whangaehu River. In 2000 the government decided to plan, design and implement ERLAWS...

occurred on 24 December 1953 when the Tangiwai railway bridge across the Whangaehu River collapsed from a lahar in full flood, just before an express train...

roughly paralleling the larger Whangaehu River, and reaches the Tasman Sea 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Whanganui. The river flows near Papanui Junction...