22-11-2021, 03:57 PM
The Brunner Mine disaster is the deadliest mining disaster in New ZealandÔÇÖs history: 65 killed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunner_Mine_disaster  
Perhaps part of the reason the Pike tragedy captured the imagination of NZ was that it happened just a few weeks after the┬áCopiap├│ mining accident in Chile,┬á5 August ÔÇô 13 October 2010, and the safe rescue there of 'Los 33'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunner_Mine_disaster  
Perhaps part of the reason the Pike tragedy captured the imagination of NZ was that it happened just a few weeks after the┬áCopiap├│ mining accident in Chile,┬á5 August ÔÇô 13 October 2010, and the safe rescue there of 'Los 33'.