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Mount Kembla, 31 July 1902: the naked lights that cost 96 lives

3 November 2026by Old FlamesMining History

Australia’s worst mining disaster, and why a Royal Commission said safety lamps would have saved the men.

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“A safety lamp only works if it’s used.”