Part of the salvage crew winch equipment down the banks of the Manawatu River in the Gorge. Engine driver Basil Craighead and Fireman R Hoskins drowned when their 140-tonne goods train was derailed by a slip and fell into the flooded Manawatu Rive...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          The Gorge, Palmerston North
Date:          August 24, 1946