Mining Disaster In Wales Queen Elizabeth. At around quarter past nine on the morning of friday 21 october 1966 disaster struck the coal mining village of aberfan in south wales. Despite the magnitude of the calamity queen elizabeth ii at first.
What began as a typical morning escalated quickly into. On october 21 1966 a mining accident occurred in the south wales village of aberfan. Season three of the crown portrays a mining town disaster where 116 children and 28 adults were killed.
Despite the magnitude of the calamity queen elizabeth ii at first.
The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966. Season three of the crown portrays a mining town disaster where 116 children and 28 adults were killed. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the village of aberfan near merthyr tydfil and overlaid a natural spring a period of heavy rain led to a build up of water within the tip which caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry killing 116 children and 28 adults as it. Photo by stan meagher express getty images fifteen days after the landslide nunn and his team.
