Strongman Mine Disaster 1967

Date: 19 Jan 1967 [unknown]
Location: Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand
Surnames/tags: Mining_Disasters New Zealand disasters

Disasters | Mining Disasters | New Zealand Mining Disasters| Strongman Mine Disaster

Contents 1 History and Circumstances 2 Miner Victims 3 Rescue Effort & Rescuers 4 Museums & Memorials 5 Project & Memorial Stickers 5.1 New Zealand Project Sticker 6 Sources

History and Circumstances

• Date: 19 Jan 1967
• Location:Greymouth, West Coast
• Victims: 9 deaths
• Cause:

Miner Victims

Miner Deaths

NAME	Age	Approx DOB	Status/Family	AKA
BOURKE, Edward Augustus	63	1904	Married - 4 children
COGHLAN, Lawrence Joseph	38	1929	Married - 4 children
CUST, RUSSELL NEIL	19	1948	Single
Foster-Lynam, William Thomas	28	1939	Single
JOHNS, JACK	39	1928	Married - 2 children
KINSLEY, George William	57	1910	Married - 3 children	Kinsey
Maughan, Robert Archibald	22	1945	Married - 1 child
McKENZIE, HECTOR, Jr	26	1941	Married - 1 child
MOORE, KENNETH ERROL	45	1922	Single
Mountford, Kenneth Henry J	42	1925	Married - 2 children	"Peter"
NEWCOMBE, ERIC ALAN	42	1925	Married - 2 children
O'DONNELL, HUGH FRANCIS	29	1938	Married - 1 child
PRESCOTT, NOEL JAMES	18	1949	Single
ROBINSON, DUDLEY JOHN	23	1944	Married
SMITH, ERNEST HENRY	60	1907	Married - 2 children
TRUKAWKA, JAN ANTONIO	30	1937	Married - 3 children
VanLOOY, HARRY	36	1931	Married - 4 children
WATSON, ALFRED JOSEPH	33	1934	Married - 2 children
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM JOHN	32	1935	Single	"Bing"

Photo names and families here: Names and Family Photos

Rescue Effort & Rescuers

Museums & Memorials

Strongman Mine Disaster Memorial. Photo By Alan Liefting

Close Up of Miners Killed on Memorial

Coal Miners Memorial, Greymouth, Photo by Tim Tyson

Greymouth memorial "In memory of those lost in coal mining incidents within the West Coast Inspection District" - unveiled by His Worship the Mayor Tony Kokshoorn on 19 January 2013 on the anniversary of the 1967 Strongman Mine disaster.

Westcoast Area Museums and Parks

• Dept of Conservation - Historic Greymouth

Project & Memorial Stickers

New Zealand Project Sticker

This sticker categorizes the many involved in this disaster to the village of Greymouth. Copy & Paste this into the biography section of the profile:

{{New Zealand Sticker |region=West Coast |place= Greymouth }}

So this image appears like this:

This also categorizes the profiles to Greymouth, West Coast.

Since this is the definitive project for New Zealand, it is important to connect with others in the same area at the same time to truly create the one family tree. Be sure to check out the New Zealand project for other ideas.

Please see: New Zealand Project

Sources

• NEW ZEALAND DISASTERS - STRONGMAN MINE - 1967
• Strongman Mine explosion | Christchurch City Libraries
• New Zealand Disasters | Christchurch City Libraries mine disasters reports new zealand - Google Search]
• REFILE-FACTBOX-World and New Zealand mining disasters | Reuters New Zealand Disasters | Christchurch City Libraries]
• New Zealand List of Mining Victims - Colorado School of Mines