This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 June 1961 "Furniture, household fittings and personal effects are seen hurriedly placed out of the way of the fire in front of Mr. C.M.A. Kebbell's two-storey home ne...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          June 13, 1961

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 13 June 1961 "During the height of the fire in the top storey of Mr. C.M.A. Kebbell's home at Ashhurst yesterday Palmerston North Fire Brigade members hosing down the ha...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ashhurst
Date:          June 13, 1961

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 River on 20 August 1946. The steam engine sank under the flood waters and reappeared when they r...

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