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Mass grave of the Brunner victims

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Mass grave of the Brunner victims

Fifty-three of the victims of the Brunner mine explosion were buried in the Stillwater cemetery, 33 of them in this single grave. The funeral procession stretched 800 metres.

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Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, Coal and coal mining – Mining accidents, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7455/mass-grave-of-the-brunner-victims (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Alan Sherwood and Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.