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Image collection: Disasters
This is a sample of photographs of disasters. You can search the catalogue for more or browse the collections.
![A rescuing Party, Brunner mine disaster, 1896](/Heritage/Photos/Disc4/Thumbnails/IMG0014.jpg)
A rescuing Party, Brunner mine disaster, 1896 |
![Rescuers begin the job of removing bodies within the mine, Brunner mining disaster](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0072.jpg)
Rescuers begin the job of removing bodies within the mine, Brunner mining disaster [1896] |
![Mass funeral service for the victims of the Brunner mining disaster](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0073.jpg)
Mass funeral service for the victims of the Brunner mining disaster [1896] |
![Bringing out the dead Brunner mining disaster, West Coast.](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0071.jpg)
Bringing out the dead Brunner mining disaster, West Coast [1896] |
![A dinghy shown being launched to attempt to find Capt Lorraine after his ballooning accident, 1899](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0094.jpg)
A dinghy shown being launched to attempt to find Capt Lorraine after his ballooning accident, 1899 |
![G R Toomey watching for the descent of Capt Lorraine's balloon at the signal station between Little Port Cooper and Port Levy, 1899](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0095.jpg)
G R Toomey watching for the descent of Capt Lorraine's balloon at the signal station between Little Port Cooper and Port Levy, 1899 |
![Earthquake damage, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, pictured 1901](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0059.jpg)
Earthquake damage, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, pictured 1901 |
![Cheerful Boy Scouts acting as messengers to distribute food and medicine to patients at their houses](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0048.jpg)
Cheerful Boy Scouts acting as messengers to distribute food and medicine to patients at their houses [1918] |
![The medicine depot in Cathedral Square where the Government standard influenza medicine was supplied](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0050.jpg)
The medicine depot in Cathedral Square where the Government standard influenza medicine was supplied [1918] |
![People using the inhalation chamber in the Government Buildings in Cathedral Square, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0052.jpg)
People using the inhalation chamber in the Government Buildings in Cathedral Square, Christchurch [1918] |
![The soup kitchen at the Sydenham Manual Training Centre some workers under Miss Ponder.](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0053.jpg)
The soup kitchen at the Sydenham Manual Training Centre some workers under Miss Ponder [1918] |
![Phillipstown School on the day Christchurch Schools re-opened after the end of the infantile paralysis epidemic, 1925](/Heritage/Photos/Disc4/Thumbnails/IMG0015.jpg)
Phillipstown School on the day Christchurch Schools re-opened after the end of the infantile paralysis epidemic, 1925 |
![A Salvation Army worker provides tea for firemen and volunteers battling the fire](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0019.jpg)
A Salvation Army worker provides tea for firemen and volunteers battling the fire [1947] |
![Battling the flames tense firemen in action.](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0017.jpg)
Battling the flames tense firemen in action [1947] |
![Rescuing Mr K. Ballantyne from the burning building on Colombo Street, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0018.jpg)
Rescuing Mr K. Ballantyne from the burning building on Colombo Street, Christchurch [1947] |
![View of still-smoking Ballantynes after the fire of 1947](/Heritage/Photos/Disc3/Thumbnails/IMG0062.jpg)
View of still-smoking Ballantynes after the fire of 1947 |
![Aerial view of the gutted shell of the three-storied department building](/Heritage/Photos/Disc1/Thumbnails/IMG0016.jpg)
Aerial view of the gutted shell of the three-storied department building [1947] |
![The St. Luke's sub-station, Christchurch](/Heritage/Photos/Disc2/Thumbnails/IMG0049.jpg)
Nurses New Zealand Christchurch Photographs. Influenza Treatment New Zealand Christchurch Photographs |
Derailment at Heathcote - Lyttelton Tunnel |
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