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{| class="wikitable"
|Waitati  Cliffs
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|Purakanui Cliffs
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| -
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|19/6/1886
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|Proposing to build a house for ganger at Waitati Cliffs.
|A constant watch was kept on the  line and a watchman preceeded every train.  There was a speed restriction of 10 miles per hour for all trains.
|Waitaki – Moeraki Railway
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 1820
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Otago
|Otago
|S
|S
|65773
|48052
|-
|-
|Waitati Cliffs
|
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|31/3/1883
|
|Porch, etc, watchman's house, Waitati Cliffs - £5.3.11.
|After this accident considerable agitation was made in the  press as to the dangerous nature of the line and questions were asked in  Parliament.
|Waitaki – Moeraki Railway
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|R4, 83/2044
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Otago
|Otago
|S
|S
|65774
|48053
|-
|-
|White cliffs
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|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1890
|Mileage 11 miles 41 chains from Darfield Junction.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|R4, 90/2780
|
|An examination of the whole line and cliff face was made by  the Chief Engineer, Mr Lowe, and he recommended the construction of the  tunnel at a cost of approximately £10,000.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70658
|48054
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|24/6/1915
|Postal Department – Additions to cottage for accommodation for  postal business.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W3734/32
|
|On 10/7/1888 a rock fell down and struck the engine of the  south express as it was passing.  The  engine was derailed but no-one was injured.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70659
|48055
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|2/9/1918
|
|Improvements to station.
|Purakanui Tunnel (The Cliffs).The line originally ran around  the outside of the cliffs.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W3734/34
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70660
|48056
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|10/12/1959
|Post Office removed from station.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|Mails by Rail in NZ
|
|R Startup
|The tunnel was pierced on 6/8/1889 and traffic worked through  the new tunnel on 19/11/1889.
|Canterbury
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|Otago
|S
|S
|70661
|48057
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|31/3/1962
|Branch line closed to all traffic.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W3180, Pub 3
|1/8/1890
|Fall of rock on old main line near Purakanui Cliffs Tunnel, between the tunnel and the sea.  Occurred between Saturday, 5 July, and Monday, 7 July.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70662
|48058
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|31/3/1962
|Closed to all traffic.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W3180, Pub 3
|16/7/1889
|Another sudden fall of rock occurred at Purakanui Cliffs on  11th instant.  It came down after frost  and rain without warning and left a bad face of loosened rock.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70663
|48059
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1/1/1878
|Post Office operated by Railways Department staff opened.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|Mails by Rail in NZ
|16/7/1889
|R Startup
|The face is being carefully attended to to secure safety of  traffic.
|Canterbury
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
|S
|70664
|-
|White cliffs
|Whitecliffs
| -
| -
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|1/5/1879
|Loop 17 wagons
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
|W 3337
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70665
|48060
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1/5/1879
|18/11/1889
|Mileage 11 miles 42 chains from Horndon Junction.
|Traffic is to be turned through the new Tunnel at Purakanui  Cliffs tomorrow, 19th instant.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 3337
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70666
|48061
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1/8/1898
|2/2/1892
|Accommodation shelter shed, passenger platform, cart approach to platform, goods shed 20ft x 12ft, water service, coal accommodation,  engine shed, stationmaster's house, urinals.
|Additional land taken at Purakanui Cliffs for railway purposes.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|R4, 98/2756
|W 3
|WRD
|PWD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70667
|48062
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1/8/1898
|Loop 46 wagons, backshunt 9 wagons (engine shed).
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|R4, 98/2756
|20/9/1888
|Authority for £15,000 for works on the Purakanui Cliffs line,  altering and improving line for safety of trains, etc.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70668
|48063
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1/9/1882
|Accommodation shelter shed, passenger platform, cart approach  to platform, water service, coal accommodation, engine shed, stationmaster's  house, urinals.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 3337
|21/11/1888
|A special watchman (and relief man at night), both living on  the spot, inspect the line before every train.  Special trains are advised by telephone to  these watchmen.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70669
|48064
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|1/9/1882
|21/11/1888
|Loop 17 wagons
|During the last six weeks the weather has dried up the springs  and soakage in the rock so that the tendency to slip is reduced to a  minimum.  Should have no fear of any  change until another winter.  With this  view the instructions given are to push on, and to work three shifts in the  drives so that work may proceed day and night without cessation.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 3337
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70670
|48065
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|12/12/1881
|Loop 17 wagons
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 3337
|21/11/1888
|The place is under constant watch.  Workmen are on the spot all day, and the  work is in charge of an experienced and trustworthy man, well versed in rock  and quarry work.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70671
|48066
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|15/10/1879
|21/11/1888
|Loop 17 wagons
|The space between the faulty faces and the railway formation  is such that there is no fear of a fall carrying away the formation at once.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 3337
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70672
|48067
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|16/1/1885
|24/3/1897
|Postal Department – opening of Money Order & Savings Bank  office at Whitecliffs; station will require altering.
|Additional room to cottage No 39, Purakanui Cliffs.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 1820
|W 1820
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70673
|48068
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|18/6/1885
|26/11/1890
|Mr Wilson charging for coal tips erected on railway land.
|The small Maptahi Peninsular lies immediately below the  watchman's house.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 1820
|R4, 98/1671
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70674
|48069
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|19/10/1883
|5/11/1888
|Requesting authority £70 for extension of siding.
|All the trouble above the line have been from rocks parting  from similar backs.  Some of these have  been traced for 40 to 60 feet in height.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 1820
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70675
|48070
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|19/4/1886
|Accommodation shelter shed, passenger platform, cart approach  to platform, water service, coal accommodation, engine shed, stationmaster's  house, urinals.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 3337
|5/11/1888
|Engineer is fully satisfied the right thing has been decided  upon to place the line in a more permanent position with least possible  delay.  Even if the present line  formation were to stand for years, the condition of the face is ample  justification for the works now undertaken.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70676
|48071
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|19/4/1886
|Loop 20 wagons, backshunt 6 wagons (engine shed), backshunt 8  wagons
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 3337
|5/11/1888
|No portion of the faces above the line ever presented anything  approaching the condition of instability that is now to be seen below.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70677
|48072
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|22/1/1885
|5/11/1888
|Recommending alterations to platelayers' cottages.
|The same run of backs can be traced from below to above the  railway, being intersected by the railway cutting.  These backs are lined with a thin layer of  clay.  In wet weather this becomes like  grease and the rocks slide down on these greasy backs.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 1820
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70678
|48073
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|24/11/1885
|5/11/1888
|South Malvern Road Board – re: holes in ground at station and  leakage of water tanks.
|The work has started and will be pushed on as fast as the nature and limited space will permit.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 1820
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70679
|48074
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|25/6/1885
|5/11/1888
|Re: loading bank for coal at present Whitecliffs station.
|There are large masses loosen and shaken and liable to  fall.  If such a state existed above  instead of below the line, no trains would be permitted to pass until these  loose masses were taken down.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 3
|R4, 90/2549
|PWD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70680
|48075
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|26/11/1882
|Requesting instructions with regard to Locomotive  Superintendent's application to have coal shed floored.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 1820
|5/11/1888
|There is evidence on the beach now, that very large falls have  taken place, and not only small isolated pieces.  There is a mass of debris lying on the  beach which gives evidence of having fallen in one lump.  The gap it has left measures about 2,000  cubic yards.  It has left another high  mass overhanging the vacant space.  The  fallen rock parted from a smooth back at a very steep inclination.  Stones in this heap of debris lying in the  seaway still retain the sharp edges of new broken stone.  So the fall cannot be many years old.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70681
|48076
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|28/1/1898
|Application for fireman for additions to cottage No 177.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 1820
|5/11/1888
|There is still distance enough between the face and railway  formation for safety, but how long it may be so is impossible to say.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70682
|48077
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
|29/6/1876
|Mileage 26 miles 75 chains.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 70
|PWD
|Canterbury
|S
|70683
|-
|White cliffs
|Whitecliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|29/9/1893
|6/6/1890
|Destruction of house No 175 by fire.
|Taking additional land at Purakanui Cliffs for railway  purposes.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 1820
|W 1820
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70684
|48078
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|3/11/1875
|Station opened.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W3180, Pub 1/12
|8/9/1888
|After all loosened rock is removed there is still the  liability for more surface to be opened up by the weather and frost.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70685
|48079
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|3/11/1875
|8/9/1888
|White Cliffs Junction to White Cliffs opened for traffic.
|During the month of July last there was unusually  long-continued easterly rain – more so than has been experienced in any  winter before, since this Department had charge of the line.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W3180, Pub 3
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70686
|48080
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|3/3/1884
|Requesting authority £180 for erection of cottage for engine  driver.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 1820
|8/9/1888
|Heavy easterly rains and subsequent frosts have the effect of  opening and loosening these joints and beds.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70687
|48081
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|30/3/1876
|Contract let to England Brothers for erection of 5th class  stationmaster's house, goods shed (40ft x 30ft), and removing engine shed  from Junction to White Cliffs, amount £965.0.0.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|AJHR, 1876
|8/9/1888
|Natlib
|The result has been a correspondingly extensive loosening of  the surface of the rock.
|Canterbury
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|Otago
|S
|S
|70688
|48082
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|31/3/1884
|Additions to sidings completed.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
|AJHR, 1884
|Natlib
|Canterbury
|S
|70689
|-
|White cliffs
|Whitecliffs
| -
| -
|8/9/1888
|The rock is extremely hard but in some places is very much  intersected with joints and beds at a variety of inclinations.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|31/3/1885
|R4, 90/2549
|Private siding granted in 1876 to C G Dann at 11 miles 30  chains, Whitecliffs Siding.  Relinquished on 4/8/1877.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
|R4, 83/2044
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70690
|48083
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|31/3/1885
|8/9/1888
|Private siding granted in 1877 to Mr Wilson (present holder) at 11 miles 45 chains, Whitecliffs.
|There is the liability of falls of rock taking place after wet  weather and although every precaution is used to ensure the line is clear for  every train yet it cannot be affirmed that the traffic is absolutely free from risk.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|R4, 83/2044
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70691
|48084
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
|31/3/1885
|8/9/1888
|Private siding granted on 4/8/1877 to James Ford at 11 miles  30 chains, Whitecliffs.  Cancelled  10/1/1882.
|To meet this the Cliffs gang has been strengthened.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|R4, 83/2044
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70692
|48085
|-
|-
|White cliffs
|
|Whitecliffs
|Purakanui Cliffs
| -
| -
| -
| -
|6/4/1898
|Application for addition to house by guard.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W 1820
|8/9/1888
|We have for years past had a special gang on this part of the  line whose duty it is to search over the faces and remove any stone liable to  fall.
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
|R4, 90/2549
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70693
|48086
|-
|-
|White cliffs Junction
|
|Horndon Junction
|Purakanui Cliffs
|Darfield Junction
| -
| -
|1/1/1875
|Post Office operated by Railways Department staff opened.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|Mails by Rail in NZ
|R Startup
|Canterbury
|S
|70694
|-
|White cliffs Junction
|Horndon Junction
|Darfield Junction
| -
| -
|1/1/1878
|9/4/1891
|Name of station changed to Horndon Junction.
|Proclamation for additional land required for deviation of railway at Purakanui Cliffs.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Dunedin & Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|Mails by Rail in NZ
|R4, 98/1671
|R Startup
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70695
|48087
|-
|}
|White cliffs Junction
{| class="wikitable"
|Horndon Junction
|Waitati  Cliffs
|Darfield Junction
| -
| -
|1/4/1876
|Name of Whitecliffs Junction changed to Horndon Junction.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|00/2107/1
|NZRLS
|Canterbury
|S
|70696
|-
|White cliffs Junction
|Horndon Junction
|Darfield Junction
| -
| -
|19/1/1875
|19/6/1886
|Erection of a goods shed at White Cliffs Junction.
|Proposing to build a house for  ganger at Waitati Cliffs.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Waitaki – Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W 3
|W 1820
|PWD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
|S
|S
|70697
|65773
|-
|-
|White Cliffs Junction
|Waitati Cliffs
|Horndon Junction
|Darfield Junction
| -
| -
|29/7/1876
|Name of Whitecliffs Junction station changed to Horndon  Junction.
|White Cliffs Branch
| -
| -
|W3180, Pro/24
|WRD
|Canterbury
|S
|70698
|-
|White cliffs Junction
|Horndon Junction
|Darfield Junction
| -
| -
|3/11/1875
|31/3/1883
|White Cliffs Junction to White Cliffs opened for traffic.
|Porch, etc, watchman's house, Waitati Cliffs - £5.3.11.
|White Cliffs Branch
|Waitaki – Moeraki Railway
| -
| -
|W3180, Pub 3
|R4, 83/2044
|WRD
|WRD
|Canterbury
|Otago
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|S
|70699
|65774
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|White cliffs Junction
|Horndon Junction
|Darfield Junction
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|30/3/1876
|Contract let to England Brothers for erection of 5th class  stationmaster's house, goods shed (40ft x 30ft), and removing engine shed  from Junction to White Cliffs, amount £965.0.0.
|White Cliffs Branch
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|AJHR, 1876
|Natlib
|Canterbury
|S
|70700
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Michies_Crossing Cliffs The_Gums
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Purakanui Cliffs - - - A constant watch was kept on the line and a watchman preceeded every train. There was a speed restriction of 10 miles per hour for all trains. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48052
Purakanui Cliffs - - - After this accident considerable agitation was made in the press as to the dangerous nature of the line and questions were asked in Parliament. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48053
Purakanui Cliffs - - - An examination of the whole line and cliff face was made by the Chief Engineer, Mr Lowe, and he recommended the construction of the tunnel at a cost of approximately £10,000. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48054
Purakanui Cliffs - - - On 10/7/1888 a rock fell down and struck the engine of the south express as it was passing.  The engine was derailed but no-one was injured. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48055
Purakanui Cliffs - - - Purakanui Tunnel (The Cliffs).The line originally ran around the outside of the cliffs. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48056
Purakanui Cliffs - - - The tunnel was pierced on 6/8/1889 and traffic worked through the new tunnel on 19/11/1889. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48057
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 1/8/1890 Fall of rock on old main line near Purakanui Cliffs Tunnel, between the tunnel and the sea. Occurred between Saturday, 5 July, and Monday, 7 July. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48058
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 16/7/1889 Another sudden fall of rock occurred at Purakanui Cliffs on 11th instant.  It came down after frost and rain without warning and left a bad face of loosened rock. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48059
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 16/7/1889 The face is being carefully attended to to secure safety of traffic. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48060
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 18/11/1889 Traffic is to be turned through the new Tunnel at Purakanui Cliffs tomorrow, 19th instant. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48061
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 2/2/1892 Additional land taken at Purakanui Cliffs for railway purposes. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - W 3 PWD Otago S 48062
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 20/9/1888 Authority for £15,000 for works on the Purakanui Cliffs line, altering and improving line for safety of trains, etc. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48063
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 21/11/1888 A special watchman (and relief man at night), both living on the spot, inspect the line before every train.  Special trains are advised by telephone to these watchmen. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48064
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 21/11/1888 During the last six weeks the weather has dried up the springs and soakage in the rock so that the tendency to slip is reduced to a minimum.  Should have no fear of any change until another winter.  With this view the instructions given are to push on, and to work three shifts in the drives so that work may proceed day and night without cessation. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48065
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 21/11/1888 The place is under constant watch.  Workmen are on the spot all day, and the work is in charge of an experienced and trustworthy man, well versed in rock and quarry work. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48066
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 21/11/1888 The space between the faulty faces and the railway formation is such that there is no fear of a fall carrying away the formation at once. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48067
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 24/3/1897 Additional room to cottage No 39, Purakanui Cliffs. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - W 1820 WRD Otago S 48068
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 26/11/1890 The small Maptahi Peninsular lies immediately below the watchman's house. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 98/1671 WRD Otago S 48069
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 All the trouble above the line have been from rocks parting from similar backs.  Some of these have been traced for 40 to 60 feet in height. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48070
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 Engineer is fully satisfied the right thing has been decided upon to place the line in a more permanent position with least possible delay.  Even if the present line formation were to stand for years, the condition of the face is ample justification for the works now undertaken. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48071
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 No portion of the faces above the line ever presented anything approaching the condition of instability that is now to be seen below. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48072
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 The same run of backs can be traced from below to above the railway, being intersected by the railway cutting.  These backs are lined with a thin layer of clay.  In wet weather this becomes like grease and the rocks slide down on these greasy backs. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48073
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 The work has started and will be pushed on as fast as the nature and limited space will permit. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48074
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 There are large masses loosen and shaken and liable to fall.  If such a state existed above instead of below the line, no trains would be permitted to pass until these loose masses were taken down. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48075
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 There is evidence on the beach now, that very large falls have taken place, and not only small isolated pieces.  There is a mass of debris lying on the beach which gives evidence of having fallen in one lump.  The gap it has left measures about 2,000 cubic yards.  It has left another high mass overhanging the vacant space.  The fallen rock parted from a smooth back at a very steep inclination.  Stones in this heap of debris lying in the seaway still retain the sharp edges of new broken stone.  So the fall cannot be many years old. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48076
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 5/11/1888 There is still distance enough between the face and railway formation for safety, but how long it may be so is impossible to say. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48077
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 6/6/1890 Taking additional land at Purakanui Cliffs for railway purposes. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - W 1820 WRD Otago S 48078
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 After all loosened rock is removed there is still the liability for more surface to be opened up by the weather and frost. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48079
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 During the month of July last there was unusually long-continued easterly rain – more so than has been experienced in any winter before, since this Department had charge of the line. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48080
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 Heavy easterly rains and subsequent frosts have the effect of opening and loosening these joints and beds. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48081
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 The result has been a correspondingly extensive loosening of the surface of the rock. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48082
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 The rock is extremely hard but in some places is very much intersected with joints and beds at a variety of inclinations. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48083
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 There is the liability of falls of rock taking place after wet weather and although every precaution is used to ensure the line is clear for every train yet it cannot be affirmed that the traffic is absolutely free from risk. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48084
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 To meet this the Cliffs gang has been strengthened. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48085
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 8/9/1888 We have for years past had a special gang on this part of the line whose duty it is to search over the faces and remove any stone liable to fall. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 90/2549 WRD Otago S 48086
Purakanui Cliffs - - - 9/4/1891 Proclamation for additional land required for deviation of railway at Purakanui Cliffs. Dunedin & Moeraki Railway - R4, 98/1671 WRD Otago S 48087
Waitati Cliffs - - - 19/6/1886 Proposing to build a house for ganger at Waitati Cliffs. Waitaki – Moeraki Railway - W 1820 WRD Otago S 65773
Waitati Cliffs - - - 31/3/1883 Porch, etc, watchman's house, Waitati Cliffs - £5.3.11. Waitaki – Moeraki Railway - R4, 83/2044 WRD Otago S 65774
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