Coal Disaster In Wales In 1966. It was one of the united kingdom s worst tragedies and it was a man made disaster. In 1966 300 000 cubic yards of coal sludge buried a welsh primary school and 19 houses in aberfan wales.
What began as a typical morning escalated quickly into. The avalanche wasn t snow it was coal waste that had slid down a rain saturated mountainside. The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966.
The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966.
It was one of the united kingdom s worst tragedies and it was a man made disaster. In october of 1966 weeks of heavy rain in south wales caused the collapse of a pile of waste from a coal mine. At around quarter past nine on the morning of friday 21 october 1966 disaster struck the coal mining village of aberfan in south wales. The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966.
