Aberfan disaster

On the morning of October 21, 1966, a landslide of coal waste collapses onto a small Welsh mining community, killing 116 children and 28 adults. The disaster killed half of the town’s young and left only five survivors. The Aberfan tragedy became one of the worst coal mining mishaps in British history. The avalanche hurled…

The Merthyr Vale Colliery in Aberfan, Wales, was the site of the mining accident known as the Aberfan tragedy, which occurred on October 21, 1966. It resulted in the deaths of 144 people, including 116 children. Coal has long been the foundation of industry in South Wales, where high-quality steam coal may be found beneath…