Aberfan disaster

October 1966 mining disaster in Wales, UK

The Aberfan disaster occurred on 21 October 1966.[1] It was the collapse of a colliery spoil tip onto the village of Aberfan in Glamorgan, Wales. It killed 144 people, most of them children.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1966: Aberfan - a generation wiped out