Aberfan

…the Merthyr Vale Colliery at Aberfan, Wales, on October 21, 1966. The disaster resulted in 144 deaths, including 116 children.

Aberfan, in the south, was the site of a major disaster in 1966, when a rain-soaked slag heap avalanched upon the mining village, killing 144 people, 116 of them children. Extensive land reclamation programs have eliminated slag heaps and other eyesores in the valley to…