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| ISBN | 9780473690854 |
| Format | PaperBack |
| Language | English |
| Year of Publication | 2023 |
| Bib. Info | 268p. Include Index |
| Categories | History |
| Product Weight | 550 gms. |
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The book includes stories of conmen, Canterbury’s first bigamist, career criminals, jail escapes, the anti-Asian Lionel Terry. Accidents included relate to aeroplanes, trams, trains and cars and drownings. Tragedies include Captain Lorraine’s balloon disaster, murders including Parker/Hulme in 1954, hangings in Christchurch, the mosque attacks and the 2011 earthquake.