Brunner Mine Disaster

Date: March 26, 1896 • Location: Greymouth, New Zealand

An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.

On 26 March 1896, an explosion deep in the Brunner Mine, New Zealand, killed all 65 miners below ground. The Brunner Mine disaster is the deadliest mining disaster in New Zealand's history.