William Brasher - Mount Kembla, NSW
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S 34° 25.960 E 150° 49.147
56H E 299609 N 6187711
William Brasher died in the Mount Kembla Colliery Disaster on 31st July 1902 aged 55 years.
Waymark Code: WMTJ8Z
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 11/28/2016
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At 2pm on Thursday, 31 July, 1902, Mt Kembla Mine suffered the worst mining disaster in Australia’s history, when a gas explosion killed 96 men and boys. The resulting Royal Commission concluded that a roof fall in a goafed area pushed inflammable gases into contact with a wheeler’s naked lamp, triggering a series of coal dust explosions.
His grave, along with another 32 who died in the disaster, is located here in the Soldiers & Miners Memorial Anglican Churchyard. The remaining victims are buried in the Windy Gully cemetery, Wollongong Cemetery & other locations.
The headstone is in deep shade & is worded:
William Brasher
who died in the Mt. Kembla Disaster
31st July 1902
aged 55 years
In the midst of life we are in death
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