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See Miners Monument, Greymouth, New Zealand
Greymouth memorial "In memory of those lost in coal mining incidents within the West Coast Inspection District".
The Pike River Mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the Pike River Mine, 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Greymouth following a methane explosion at approximately 3:44 pm. The accident resulted in the deaths of 29 miners whose remains have never been recovered.
The Pike River Mine incident ranks as New Zealand's worst mining disaster since 1914, when 43 men died at Ralph's Mine in Huntly.
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