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Aberfan disaster

1966 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · Disaster

Aberfan disaster
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The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, and overlaid a natural spring.

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