130 years since deadliest industrial disaster

Pupils from Lake Brunner, Runanga, Paparoa Range and John Paul II schools gather at the Brunner Mine sire yesterday morning to mark the 130th anniversary of the the Brunner Mine disaster. PHOTO: ARIANNA STEWART It was a quintessential West Coast day as young and old gathered under ominous skies to mark a very sombre occasion — 130 years to the day since New Zealand’s deadliest industrial incident — the Brunner Mine disaster.

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