Aberfan 1966
At 913am on October 21st 1966 150000 tonnes of coal waste slid down a hillside engulfing Pantglas Junior. Today marks 55 years since the Aberfan disaster where 144 people lost their lives.
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Aberfan 1966. Friday morning October 21 1966 a disaster struck Coal Southern mining village of Aberfan Wales. It had reached a height of 111 feet or 34 meters and it contained approximately 297000 cubic yards or 227000 cubic meters of material. Pupils at Pantglas Junior School were just beginning their first lessons of the day when the rushing landslide of mud and debris flooded into their classrooms.
Then it was on the news as well. For survivor Gerald Kirwan one image of the 1966 Aberfan disaster remains etched on his mind - the sight of a buried girl laying helplessly alongside him. Coal tip slide caused by heavy rainfall and a hillside spring that had also been covered by the coal waste from the colliery.
This harrowing and tragic event started when the colliery ran out of tipping space in the valley floor in 1916. One such was Aberfan a village close to Merthyr Tydfil in the historic county of Glamorgan. Aberfan is a former coal mining village in the Taff Valley 4 miles 6 km south of the town of Merthyr Tydfil Wales.
What started out as a typical morning quickly escalated into a disaster and a stone-shattered edge directly above the village slid down. In 1966 the village had a population of about 5000 people and almost every family had some involvement in the nearby coal mine. He has just retired after 41 years in the ambulance service.
Aberfan - a generation wiped out It took just five minutes for the coal tip above Aberfan to slide down the mountain and engulf a farm several houses and a school. In 1966 300000 cubic yards of coal sludge buried a Welsh primary school and 19 houses in Aberfan. Over 40000 cubic metres of debris covered the village in minutes and the.
The Aberfan disaster 1966 On 21 October 1966 the worst mining-related disaster in British history took place in Aberfan a small village in South Wales. At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966 disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South Wales. Fifty-five years may have passed since the Aberfan disaster but Jeff.
The history of the village was intrinsically tied up with the coal industry. Coal was the life-blood of industry in South Wales with whole communities dependent on the top-quality steam coal found beneath the valleys and hills. The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil on 21 October 1966 killing 116 children and 28 adultsIt was caused by a build-up of water in the accumulated rock and shale which suddenly started to slide downhill in the form of slurry.
In Aberfan though the mines head. On 21 October 1966 it became known for the Aberfan disaster when a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school killing 116 children and 28 adults. The tip slid down the hillside.
The village of Aberfan is located in the southeast of Wales. In 1966 a coal waste tip collapsed and slid into a school in the mining village of Aberfan in Wales. It destroyed everything it touched eventually killing 144.
At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966 disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South. David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil in the Welsh village of Aberfan on 21 October 1966 killing 116 children and 28 adults. At around quarter past nine on the morning of Friday 21 October 1966 disaster struck the coal mining village of Aberfan in South WalesWhat began as a typical morning 55 years ago this week escalated quickly into tragedy when a colliery spoil tip located directly above the village slid downhillThe devastating event which became known as the Aberfan disaster resulted in.
1966 tragedy shown in Netflix series The Crown. What began as a typical morning escalated quickly into. Dennis when he was 18 years old wearing his TA uniform.
In 1966 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a coal waste tip came crashing onto a school and its surrounding village. About 930 am. This truly is the hardest most harrowing story I have ever covered but an important one in memory of those who died their families and the community but.
His experience at Aberfan inspired him to work in the medical field for his entire career. Aberfan The Untold Story. Opened in 1875 Aberfans Merthyr Vale Colliery became the biggest pit in the South Wales.
On October 21 1966 nearly 140000 cubic yards of black slurry cascaded down the hill above Aberfan. By 1966 however the coal industry had been in decline for 30 years in favour of oil and several pits had shut. My mum said theres a disaster taken place in Aberfan apparently the school had collapsed.
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