The MT Kembla Disaster

by Henry Lee and Stuart Piggin

On July 31, 1902, the Mt. Kembla coal mine in southern New South Wales exploded, killing ninety-six men. It is the worst disaster to occur on land in Australia's history. The explosion took place during a time of social and industrial upheaval, when safety issues had become a bargaining point between management and miners. The NSW coal industry was slowly emerging from the 1890s depression, and the miners were testing their industrial strength in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195534190
• ISBN13: 9780195534191
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"