Elizabeth
May
Porter
Born about in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Daughter of James Paterson Porter
and Kathleen May (Loosley) Porter
Sister of
Jeanne Mary (Porter) Moody
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 24
in Tangiwai, New Zealand
Profile last modified
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Biography
Elizabeth was born about 1929. She was the daughter of James Paterson Porter and Kathleen May Porter (nee Loosley)
She died in the Tangiwai Rail Disaster on Christmas Eve 1953.
Sources
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/tangiwai.html
- Wikipedia
- Death - Births, Deaths & Marriages New Zealand Death cert 1954/26049 aged 25Y
Footenotes
- Train Derailment
- Cause: Bridge collapse due to lahar from Mount Ruapehu.
- Lahar is volcanic mudflow
Memorials
- In 1959 a memorial was erected in Karori Cemetery
- In 1989 another memorial was erected at the site of the disaster.
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Categories: 1953 Tangiwai Rail Disaster, Tangiwai, Manawatū-Whanganui