Kopuawhara flash flood of 1938

Aftermath of the Kopuawhara flash flood

A flash flood on the Waiau Stream at Kopuawhara in New Zealand on 19 February 1938 destroyed a railway construction workers camp killing 20 men and one woman, Martha Quinn.[1][2]

  1. ^ 21 People drowned after cloudburst at Kapoawhara, NZ History Net, retrieved 24 September 2015
  2. ^ Flash flood takes workers as they sleep, Matthew Gray, Stuff.co.nz, 11 June 2013 - retrieved 24 September 2015