What the records say
- When
- 4 Jun 1943
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 45.35° S, 170.24° E
- Description
- 1943 railway accident in New Zealand
- Deaths
- 21
- Injured
- 47
Hyde railway disaster
1943 railway accident in New Zealand
The Hyde railway disaster occurred on 4 June 1943 near the small settlement of Hyde, Otago, New Zealand, on a bend of the Otago Central Railway. At the time, it was New Zealand's worst railway accident; of the 113 passengers on board, 21 were killed and a further 47 were injured. However, just over 10 years later, the Tangiwai disaster took 151 lives on 24 December 1953.
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