Commemorations next week to mark the 50th anniversary of the Strongman Mine disaster are seen as the last significant opportunity for those with a living connection to gather and remember the tragedy of January 19, 1967. Strongman was a significant employer for 60 years and really the driver of the economy around here. Some of the men involved in the recovery of the victims of the 1967 disaster would also be attending. No-one’s going to be around in a hundred years, so this is their commemoration," Mr Ewen said. "It’s important that we remember these things, because if we forget them ... it repeats itself," Mr Ewen said.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2017 17:15 UTC