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Mass grave at Stillwater

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Mass grave at Stillwater

In 1896, 65 men and boys were killed by an explosion and choking gas in the Brunner mine disaster. This is the funeral for 33 of the miners, around their mass grave at Stillwater.

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Simon Nathan, West Coast places – Grey coal towns, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21000/mass-grave-at-stillwater (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 3 March 2009.