Mt Morgan mining disaster
Six miners were killed in a mining disaster at Mt Morgan in 1902, five of them were from Gympie. Five of the bodies were returned to Gympie for burial. The sixth was buried elsewhere. There was a funeral procession from the railway station to the cemetery.
Funeral ceremony for the Mt Morgan Miners disaster Sept 1908
Memorial to the 5 Gympie miners who were killed in the Mt Morgan Mine accident
Appalling Mining Accident
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