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#58 Emergency services and miners on the hillside where the mud slid from, 1966.

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Emergency services and miners on the hillside where the mud slid from, 1966.

The Aberfan Disaster: Catastrophic Coal Tip Collapse that Killed 144 People in Wales, 1966

#58 Emergency services and miners on the hillside where the mud slid from, 1966.

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←#57 The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil, caused by a build-up of water in the accumulated rock and shale, which suddenly started to slide downhill and engulfed the Pantglas Junior School, 1966.
#59 Mud and devastation caused by mining spoil from the hillside engulfing the Pantglas Junior School, 1966.→

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