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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Map
1 The big one: The Wellington earthquake 1855
2 Of shipwrecks and flooding: The great storm 1868
3 No easy escape: The Café Chantant fire 1879
4 Blown off the tracks: The Rimutaka rail accident 1880
5 The big bang: The Tarawera eruption 1886
6 ‘The New Zealand Death’: The Motu River canoe sinking 1900
7 Things that go bang in the night: The Upper Hutt explosion 1914
8 A pall of gloom: Ralph’s Mine disaster 1914
9 Without a trace: The White Island explosion 1914
10 For as far as the eye could see: The Raetihi bushfire 1918
11 But for a boulder: The Ongarue rail accident 1923
12 Bad vibrations: The Napier earthquake 1931
13 A wall of water: The Kopuawhara flash flood 1938
14 Out of mind, out of sight: The Seacliff fire 1942
15 Too much speed: The Hyde rail accident 1943
16 The secret crash: The crash of USAF Liberator at Whenuapai 1943 1 06
17 Out of a black sky: The Frankton tornado 1948
18 A rogue wave: The sinking of the Ranui 1950
19 Hollow victory: Wellington to Lyttelton yachting tragedy 1951
20 Because it was there: The Mount Egmont climbing accident 1953
21 The tragedy of the Royal Mustangs: The crash of two formation fighters 1953
22 The weeping waters: The Tangiwai rail disaster 1953
23 Battling the ‘Kaimai Breeze’: The Kaimai air accident 1963
24 Any port in a storm: The sinking of the Wahine 1968
25 Blind Faith: The Erebus air accident 1979
26 A trio of tragedies: The Marlborough air accidents
27 ‘She’ll be right’ : The Cave Creek platform collapse 1995
28 Sure to rise: Tongariro canyoning tragedy 2008
29 Cold comfort at the coalface: The Pike River Mine explosion 2010
30 On shaky ground: The Christchurch earthquake 2011
31 Sky High: The Carterton air balloon tragedy 2012
Bibliography
Index
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