Kaye and Party Mine disaster

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DescriptionKAYE AND PARTY COAL MINE.
METHANE EXPLOSION.
1940.
The Kaye and Party (Kaye’s) Mine disaster occurred on November 6, 1940, when a firedamp (methane) explosion ripped through a small coal mine at Ten-mile Creek, north of Greymouth, New Zealand. The tragedy claimed the lives of five miners, making it one of the notable industrial accidents in the West Coast's coal mining history.Date of Photo1940Map^[1]ContributorTony Kokshoorn

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CommentsJim Gardiner
Jimmy O’donnahue from snowline. Told me of some horrific mine hiccups on the Coast }%

Trish Rennie
Those losses reverberated all around the neighbourhood then. It affected everybody and folks rallied around to offer comfort to those left behind. ?

Steve Best
Me who worked in mines and my Grandfather it hits home how life is Special

David Howe
I always think of the family left behind, and the sadness it created.

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Kaye and Party Mine disaster

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