What Year Was Aberfan?
The Aberfan Disaster Was the Catastrophic Collapse of a Colliery Spoil Tip on 21 October 1966. the Tip Had Been Created on a Mountain Slope Above the Welsh...
The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring.
Did any children survive Aberfan?
Miraculously, some children survived. Seven-year-old Karen Thomas and four other children in the school hall were saved by their brave dinner lady, Nansi Williams, who sacrificed her life by diving on top of them to shield them from the slurry.
How many died at Aberfan?
On October 21, 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed and slid down a mountainside into the village of Aberfan. It engulfed Pantglas Junior School and around 20 houses. 144 people were killed. 116 of them were children.
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