Children, and schools, are potent symbols of victimhood in industrial disasters. In the case of historical industrial disasters such as Aberfan and Flixborough, and in terms of preparation for future ...

Early on October 21, 1966, 140,000 cubic yards of coal waste from the nearby mine slid from the hill above the Aberfan and buried all the buildings on its path. The accident lasted for not more than a ...

In 1966, an unstoppable wave of coal waste buried a Welsh village, killing 116 children and 28 adults in one of the worst mining disasters in history. NFL confirms huge change in football after Josh ...

On this day in 1966, the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip killed 144 people, 116 of whom were school children, in Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales. The tip had been created on a mountain slope ...