The Erebus Disaster

 What do I think I know about the disaster?

The Erebus is a plane disaster.

I believe it went of course and was also to low and hit something, I think it was a mountain.

I don't think anyone lived.

What do I think I will learn?

Because I think everyone died, how many where on the plane.

Where was the plane going.

What happened to cause this.

1. The plane was on a sightseeing trip around Antarctica, flying over several islands. Then they were to land in Christchurch. 

2. The captian was Jim Collins and Co-pilot first officer Greg Cassin.

3. The captain desend to 450 metres so his passengers could better see the surroundings.

4. The plane crashed into Mt Erebus, this was because they were 43 kilometres east of where thye were expected to be.

5. The plane crashed at 12:49 pm

Videos

The plane was in Auckland

The plane had a stopover at Christchurch

People where picked up in Auckland and Christchurch.

Navigation equipment didn't work well

Mt Erebus is an active volcano

The plane was only suppose to drop to 6,000 when flying near Mt Erebus

The flight cost was $359

There was 237 pasengers, and 20 crew

What Where Why When  How

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The Pike River Mine Explosion nov 19 2010

 What do I think I know about this disaster?

I know it has to be an explosion in a mine, because of the title.

I think I heard it was some build up of a gas in the mine. I don't know how and why it exploded.

I presume a lot of miners died, I would say the explosion made some of the rocks fall and trap people.

What do I think I will find out about this disaster? 

I think I will find out how many people died.

What caused the explosion.

How people were affected.

1. It is located on the West Coast of the South island in the Paparoa Range.

2. The mining started in the Pike river mine in November 2009.

3. There were 31 miners in the mine when the explosion happened.

4. Only two men escaped, Daniel Rockhouse and Russell Smith.

5. There were robots sent into the mine to find any more survivors it was too dangerous for human rescuers.

6. Jacinda Ardern made decision unseal the entrance to send in a team to see what they could find. 

The Tangiwai Rail Disaster

 The Tangiwai Rail Disaster

What do I think I know about the disaster?

I would think  that the Tangiwai rail disaster derailed from the track, or the track was covered by lahar, because I heard lahar had a part in the disaster.

What do I think I will learn?

I would love to hear about what happened. How many people died and if there are any stories from people who lived though the disaster.

Questions:

1. 258 people were on board the train.

2. The lahar began at the top of Mt Ruapehu

3. The Tangiwai Railway disaster happened on December 24th 1953 at 10.21 pm

4. The driver knew to stop the train because a man was waving a torch. 

5. The Queen gave out medals to 4 volunteers for their bravery

6. An early warning system about the Whanaghya ruver was installed.

Notes, sorry that they are a mess!

Crater lake

The ice melted

The wall began to weakening in the summer

The man who waved the torch when down to the river to get a tree for Christmas

Charles Parker was the train driver

Vibrations picked up at 8 o clock

The ash bank collapsed

The lahar broke the bridge pillars at the river

Despite the efforts the train didn't stop in time

151 dead

two women went on top of a train car

People helped others in the train to get on the top of it

The Ballantynes Fire

 Welcome to by blog! This week we have been learning about the Ballantynes fire. I found it really interesting and I hope you like it just as much as me!

Predictions

What do I think I already now about this disaster?

I know that this is a fire that happened on Nov 18th 1974.

What do I think I will learn about this disaster?

• What caused the fire?
• Did anyone die in the fire?
• What happened to the shop?
• How long did it take to put out?
• How expensive was the damage?

Read and Research

1.  People were served by waitresses in aprons and caps, expensive clothes were sold and ladies wore hat and gloves. It was a designer store.
2.  Christchurch
3.  November 18th, 1947 
4.  They had no smoke alarms or evacuations plans. People though it was just a small cellar fire so didn't tell the people upstairs.
5. 41 worker died in the fire. Two people from veranda and were unconscious but recovered.
6. No smoking, they now have smoke alarms, have an evacuation plan, DON'T WALK PAST A FIRE AND DO NOTHING! 

Video 1 - This video is restricted 

Notes - My messy notes :c

The fire was the most deadly

41 people went missing

All of the deaths were from worker

Near by shops were cracked by the heat

It took around 4 hours to stop the fire

They used 36 hoses to put out the fire.

Video 2 - This video is restricted  ( We didn't watch much )

Trapped people were waving to people down below

they had 25 mins before the first flame were seen 

This video wasn't that helpful

It was very long

Sometimes, the video was hard to hear

I does have some information but it's not really what we want.

Side Note - 25 MINUTES to get people out of the building because of the fire, and they didn't >:C

Thank you for reading. Have an amazing day, bye!

 The Napier Earthquake

Predictions

Sadly, I have never really heard about the Napier Earthquake. All I could think the Napier earthquake was about is... Well, an earthquake causing a lot of damage or something like that.

Although I do think that I'll enjoy learning about this. I think I might find out how much damage it cause, what the aftermath was, and if there is anything special about it. 

Hopefully I can even learn when it happened! Oh wait, it happened on the 3 of February in 1931... 

Now, after reading about the Napier Earthquake

1. At 10.47 on Feb 3rd, 1931

2. The official death toll was 256.161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings and 2 in Wairoa

3. In the botanical gardens and the racecourse in Napier

4. They were able to rebuild the houses in an art Deco style, making it a tourist  attraction.

5. 2 and a half minutes... WOW THAT'S LONG

6. Children were sent around NZ because there were no school for them to go to and no houses for them to live. Also to keep children safe from aftershocks.

Notes from THIS VIDEO

There was a 90th anniversary for the Napier earthquake.

Nola was 9 when the earthquake hit and in the video she it just 1 year away from 100!

Eric Baggit was 2 when the earthquake hit, he didn't remember anything be seen the ciry rebuilt.

There were cracks in the road caused by the earthquake

The Vernoica bell rang for 2 and a half mintues.

Note from THIS VIDEO ( We only watched up to 10 minutes )

The first earthquake with high magnitude

Cruisers from Auckland had doctors on board to help

most of the damage was done by fire

A temporary hostility was made

6% of the population were taken out of the city

People had to live in tents

The water supply was damaged

The navy helped to clean up the damaged builds

In a school, boys were thrown out the building when the earthquake hit

The Nurse home collapsed and nurses were killed in their sleep