He pārongo atu anōMen rescuing hay bales, Rangiotu

Description

This photograph shows a truck loaded with hay bales to keep them out of the floodwaters. One of the men is Norm Terry. The truck was owned by a local carrier firm by the name of J.W. Cooksley. The 1953 Rangiotu Flood was one of the largest floods for the Oroua River on record.

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi

Image

Pākanga

Digital Photograph Collection, with no hardcopy held

Date

February 1953

Tautuhi matihiko

2014P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_009481

E puritia ana ki

IMCA Digital Archive