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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. The train crash referred to here happened on Christmas Eve 1953, when part of the crater lake of Mount Ruapehu collapsed, sending a giant wave of rocks, water and mud, known as a lahar, down the mountainside, sweeping away one of the concrete bridge supports. When the train reached the bridge, its weight caused the whole structure to collapse, and 151 people died. 2. The Grey River Argus, whose first publisher was James Kerr in 1865 and which continued publication until 1966, was a supporter of the Labour Movement. 3. This figure seems to have been an exaggeration. ‘At the peak of the rush, in 1867, there were probably about 29,000 people on the West Coast.’ Carl Walrond, ‘Gold and gold mining – West Coast’, Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2 March 2009, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/gold-and-gold-mining/4 (accessed 9 September 2010).
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