SURVIVING ABERFAN

By STEVE HUMPHRIES

Subjects: Coal mine accidents, Aberfan Disaster, Aberfan, Wales, 1966, Personal narratives

Description: On 21 October 1966, thousands of tonnes of coal tip waste slid down a mountainside and devastated the mining village of Aberfan. The black mass crashed through the local school and 144 people were killed: 116 were schoolchildren.