The Recent Fatal Colliery Explosion at Bulli, New South Wales.

Very rare engraved view of the explosion at the Old Bulli Colliery, Bulli at 2.30pm on 23 March 1887. It was one of the worst disasters in Australian mining history, 81 miners were killed.

Inset titles;
1. Scene at the Tunnel’s Mouth, shortly after the Explosion.
2. Carrying the Dead to the Blacksmiths’ Shop.
3. In the Yard–Waiting to Identify the Bodies.
4. General View of the Colliery Works.
5. A Search Party, about to Enter the Pit.

From the original edition of the Town & Country Journal.