New Zealands Worst Disasters
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Author |
: Graham Hutchins |
Publisher |
: Exisle Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 381 |
Release |
: 2015-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781775592495 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1775592499 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Zealand's Worst Disasters by : Graham Hutchins
A full train plunges into a raging river at Tangiwai; the Wahine is tossed onto rocks at the entrance to Wellington Harbour; an Air New Zealand DC-10 plunges into Mt Erebus; an earthquake destroys Christchurch … disasters like these are known to all New Zealanders: they are part of our history. But New Zealand has experienced many less well-known disasters, some of them shocking and brutal. Graham Hutchins and Russell Young describe some of the most extraordinary events in New Zealand history. Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942? That 10 people died in a lahar on White Island in 1914? That a yacht race between Lyttelton and Wellington in 1951 resulted in 10 fatalities? That a tornado ripped through 150 houses in Hamilton in 1948? A fire raging through Raetihi in 1918 was so fierce it destroyed houses, shops and 11 timber mills. Drownings were so common here in the 19th century that they were called ‘the New Zealand death’. These and many other remarkable stories are told in this eye-opening book. While it describes accidents and tragedies, it also reveals acts of heroism. For when human beings make mistakes, others often achieve daring feats of rescue. Some of the stories show that we underestimate Mother Nature at our peril, but many also testify to the courage of the human spirit. Few books are genuine page-turners; this one is.
Author |
: Graham Hutchins |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2015-10-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1459699335 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781459699335 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Zealand's Worst Disasters by : Graham Hutchins
The 30 stories in this book describe some of the most extraordinary events in New Zealand history. Who knew that a fire killed 39 people at Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1942? That 10 people died in a lahar on White Island in 1914? That a yacht race between Lyttelton and Wellington in 1951 resulted in 10 fatalities? That a tornado ripped through 150 houses in Hamilton in 1948? These and many other stories are told in this eyeopening book, which also reveals acts of heroism among the rescuers.
Author |
: Tracy Nelson Maurer |
Publisher |
: Capstone Press |
Total Pages |
: 33 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781543554786 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1543554784 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis The World's Worst Tsunamis by : Tracy Nelson Maurer
Water rushes out to sea out of nowhere. Suddenly, huge waves come crashing inland. It's a tsunami!
Author |
: Eugene Grayland |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:939631828 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Zealand Disasters by : Eugene Grayland
Earthquakes, floods, mining disasters and shipwrecks from New Zealand's history.
Author |
: Daniel Jonathan Clarke |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 154 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198785576 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198785577 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dull Disasters? by : Daniel Jonathan Clarke
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY 3.0 IGO licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Dull Disasters? shows how countries and their partners can better prepare for natural disasters such as typhoons, earthquakes, floods, and drought. By harnessing lessons from finance, political science, economics, psychology, and the naturalsciences, it is possible for governments, civil society, private firms, and international organizations to work together to achieve better preparedness, thereby reducing the risks to people and economies and enablingquicker recoveries. In this way, responses to disasters become less emotional, less political, less headline-grabbing, and more business as usual and effective.
Author |
: Richard J. Waugh |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 64 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0908629745 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780908629749 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kaimai Crash by : Richard J. Waugh
Author |
: Eugene Grayland |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1083740976 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Zealand Disasters by : Eugene Grayland
Author |
: Benjamin Kingsbury |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190876098 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190876093 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Imperial Disaster by : Benjamin Kingsbury
The first history of one of the nineteenth century's greatest natural calamities, its political context and its impact on colonial India
Author |
: Wayne Ryburn |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 248 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0473016761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780473016760 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum by : Wayne Ryburn
Author |
: Eugene Charles Grayland |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 208 |
Release |
: 1959 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:153947726 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Zealand Disasters by : Eugene Charles Grayland