• ChaoticNeutralCzech
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    1 year ago

    Aberfan disaster - 1966 catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip created on a mountain slope and overlaid a natural spring that killed 116 children and 28 adults

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    Aberfan disaster: A colliery spoil tip (coal mining waste pile) on a mountain slope accumulated water and collapsed in a slurry in 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults.

  • diprount_tomato
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    21 year ago

    Wasn’t this event portrayed in “The Crown”?