The destruction caused by the landslide reminded Tina of the Aberfan disaster which cost 116 children and 28 adults their lives. A colliery spoil tip collapsed, catastrophically engulfing a ...

HUW LEWIS was a few months short of his third birthday when a mountain of colliery waste hurtled down on the village of Aberfan, crushing Pantglas Junior School and killing 116 children on October 21 ...

Ms Morgan said she believes lessons have not been learned from the Aberfan disaster in 1966 when a colliery spoil tip collapsed killing 144 people, including 116 children. A build-up of water ...

The public gallery rose in support, some shouted: “Murderers.” The Aberfan disaster occurred at 9.15am on October 21 1966 when a 40,000 cubic metre unstable colliery spoil-tip suddenly started to ...