Newspaper caption: "This photograph was taken by Mr Manson, tunnel overseer at Otira. The remarkable point about the photograph is the fact that the Arthur's Pass end of the tunnel can also be seen, a...
Newspaper caption: Piercing the Alps: The beginning of the Arthurs Pass tunnel. With the Canterbury party
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. Dr J. W. McBrearty and Nurse Drewitt won golden...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. The four most seriously injured men, Charles...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. One of the rescuers was J. Mahoney. After the...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. Mr J. Toy is a blacksmith at the Otira end of...
Newspaper caption: "The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. This gives a very good idea of the extent of...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. The drive was a put in on a straight line for...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. Daylight can be clearly seen through the hole...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents. It was about two chains inside the tunnel that...
Newspaper caption: The fatal accident at the Otira Tunnel, Midland Railway: Collapse of a sill at the Bealey end: Men Imprisoned: Scenes and Incidents.
Newspaper caption: The Midland Railway. Scenes at the Otira end of the Arthur's Pass tunnel. The accompanying pictures were taken very recently, and they describe the work as it is to-day. The Otira...
Newspaper caption: From the left: Mr Leslie Reynolds (consulting engineer), Mr Hutton (assistant engineer), Mr Hoye (tunnel foreman), Mr Dennie (electrical engineer, manager of works), Mr Richardson...
Bill and Ruth Burnell along with other onlookers looking at derailed engine and cars near Heathcote tunnel.
Group of onlookers looking at derailed engine and cars near Heathcote tunnel.
Bill and Ruth Burnell at scene of derailment accident near Heathcote tunnel.
Scenes of cyclists riding through Lyttelton Tunnel and as part of the annual spring cycle event. Frames three to six are of motorists queuing outside the tunnel waiting for it to reopen once the...
Scenes of cyclists preparing and entering Lyttelton Tunnel as part of the annual spring cycle event where cyclists ride through the tunnel and the road is closed to motorists.
Newspaper caption: Good progress is being made in the construction of the Midland Railway, and work is being carried on all along the line of the uncompleted portion, right up to the tunnel mouth. The...