NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS AND TRAGEDIES
BRUNNER MINE, BRUNNERTON, GREYMOUTH
THURSDAY 26 MARCH 1896

On the morning of Thursday 26 March, 1896, a major explosion occured at the Brunner Mine at Brunnerton, near Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island, resulting in 65 deaths.

For further information see the book:
Disaster at Brunner - The Coalmine Tragedy at Brunnerton, NZ - by Brian Wood Greymouth 1996

ALLEN John 39
ANDERSON David 16
BAXTER Charles 18
BAXTER George 47
BAXTER Joseph 49
BEAMAN Thomas Henry 33
BOYD William 53
BRISLANE Michael 31
CLARKE Thomas 45
COLLINS Edward 39
CUNLIFFE William 17
DENSON Henry 59
DETERT Harry William Paul 28
DUNCAN Robert 41
DUNN John 27
FRANKLIN Francis Frederick 16
GEOGHEGAN James Hudson 17
GEOGHEGAN Jeffrey Le Froy 24
HALL David 20
HENDERSON William 37
HESLIN Thomas 34
HILL Benjamin 20
HOOLEY David 33
HUNTER William 41
JAMES Charles 39
JULIAN Richard Henry 18
KEAR William Riley 23
KENT Edward Stevens 36
LANGDON John Millar 33
LIDDLE William 54
MASTERS Josiah 37
MASTERS Mark 33
McDONALD James Henry 18
McDONALD Patrick 56
McIVOR Joseph 25
McIVOR Thomas 19
McKINNON William Angus 17
McLUSKIE Robert 40
McLUSKIE William 63
McMAHON Peter 35
McMINN James 52
MOONIE William 45
MOORE Thomas 64
MOORE Thomas Michael 19
MORRIS John 72
O'LOUGHLIN Richard 18
PARSONS John Joseph 22
PASCOE Robert Jnr 19
PASCOE Robert Snr 51
PATTINSON John William 36
PEILLON Paul 48
RICHARDS James 49
ROBERTS David 15
ROBERTS John 46
ROBERTS Samuel 18
ROBERTS William John 22
ROWE James 36
SCOBLE Joseph 20
SCOTT James 33
SMITH Humphrey 45
TEWARD John 35
WATCHMAN John 25
WHITE John Joseph 37
WILLYAMS Alfred Ernest 36
WORTHLEY William James T 40


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