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13 October, 2026
Ipswich Box Flat Mine Disaster
At 2.47am on 31st July 1972 a powerful explosion echoed around Ipswich with most residents thinking it to be an earthquake such was the power behind the explosion. However, the source of the explosion was closer to home, as the Swanbank Box Flat mine had just suffered a catastrophic explosion that would ultimately claim 18 lives.
Swanbank Power Generating Station and in the foreground is the Box Flat Mine some time after the explosion that claimed the lives of 18 miners.
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