The Aberfan disaster occurred at 9:15 am 21st October 1966

The disaster took place in the village of Aberfan 6 miles south of Merthyr Tydfil in the Taff Valley

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1966 21st october

The most notorious is the Aberfan Mining Disaster

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09:15 am on 21st October 1966

21st October 1966 - 09:15 hours

the price of coal

Yes comparatively with some 300 children

It was under the control of the National Coal Board

Due to the nature of the incident many survivors prefer not to be mentioned in the public domain

Many of the survivors prefer no to be disclosed publically due to the very sensitive nature of the incident

Five teachers and 116 young pupils died at the Pantglas Junior School in Aberfan, Wales on Friday, October 21, 1966. The village and school were inundated by liquified coal slurry from a nearby colliery.

Had the government's instructions to the National Coal Board of the time to undertake a complete assessment of tip safety then tip 7 in Aberfan would have been found to be unsafe. Locals often voiced concerns over the site and the fact that there was a natural spring running beneath which in time would and did cause a catastrophe

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I was young myself then: It was at Aberfan, near Mountain Ash, in the Rhonnda valley.

The youngest child was 7 years old the oldest person to die was 78 years old

27th October 1966 was teh mass funeral for many of the children that died on 21st. Many had opted for private funerals

It started just around 09:00 on 21st October 1966 and the slurry from the tip hit the School at 09:15am

Many of the children suffered injuries. Some even today have flash back. For those who lost a family member the disaster still weighs heavily

birth rate in 1968, 2 years after the disaster, increased significantly from 14.38 to 20.80. A survey conducted by the BMJ found that the number of children killed in the disaster had been replaced and when this had occurred, the birth rate fell back down and remained similar to the pre-disaster birth rate. The replacement of dead children can leave 'the new sibling' feeling suffocated and overprotected. This an lead to schizophrenia and a number of psychological problems. Alcohol and marital problems occurred as survivors attempted to deal with the traumatic event. Families that lost fathers lost the breadwinner of the family. 49% of Aberfan survivors have suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Most of the population of Aberfan were later using sedatives, but did not take them regularly

The Aberfan disaster.

Friday October 21st 1966.

116 Children and 28 adults perished that day.

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Its weight was never clearly specified due to the enormity of the tip. However, its estimated that in excess of 1 million cubic feet of slurry hit the school and houses in its path initially

The site was cleared and all signs of the school and slurry removed to other areas. The streets were also clean through. After a long fight the villages forced the removal of the remaining tips having had to pay for that removal.

The Aberfan landslide in 1966 was caused by the collapse of a colliery spoil tip due to heavy rain and a buildup of water in the debris. The effects were devastating, resulting in the deaths of 144 people, mostly children, and the destruction of houses and a primary school in the village of Aberfan. This tragic event led to inquiries into mining practices, safety regulations, and the management of colliery waste.

Sadly it is classed as the worst accident involving children in Britain's history (to 2016) The final death toll was 144. In addition to five of their teachers, 116 of the dead were children between the ages of 7 and 10 - almost half of the children at the Pantglas Junior School

Blame for the disaster rests upon the National Coal Board. This is shared, though in varying degrees, among the NCB headquarters, the South Western Divisional Board, and certain individuals … The legal liability of the NCB to pay compensation of the personal injuries, fatal or otherwise, and damage to property, is incontestable and uncontested

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Water and land pollution caused by the waste deposits being dumped. Potential dangers of landslide from shale waste (Aberfan 1963). Waste entering the water course. Industrial machinery producing CO2 emissions, Dangers of emphysema to workers from dust created. and of course land displacement such as subsidence

Water and land pollution caused by the waste deposits being dumped. Potential dangers of landslide from shale waste (Aberfan 1963). Waste entering the water course. Industrial machinery producing CO2 emissions, Dangers of emphysema to workers from dust created. and of course land displacement such as subsidence

144 people died. 116 of the victims were children, most of them between the ages of 7 and 10, 109 of them in the school. Of the 28 adults who died, 5 were teachers . In addition, 29 children and 6 adults were injured, some of them seriously.

The National Coal Board was responsible for the Aberfan disaster. Its chairman, Lord Robens, took the blame for making misleading statements. However, in 1958, the tip had been sited on a known stream (as shown on earlier Ordnance Survey maps) and had previously suffered several minor slips. Its instability was known both to colliery management and to tip workers, but very little was done about it. Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council and the National Union of Mineworkers were cleared of any wrongdoing.

The Tribunal found that repeated warnings about the dangerous condition of the tip had been ignored, and that colliery engineers at all levels had concentrated only on conditions underground. In one passage, the Report noted:

We found that many witnesses … had been oblivious of what lay before their eyes. It did not enter their consciousness. They were like moles being asked about the habits of birds

As a result of the concerns raised by the Aberfan disaster, and in line with Finding XVII of the Davies Report, in 1969 the British Government passed new legislation to remedy the absence of laws and regulations governing mine and quarry waste tips and spoil heaps. This was The Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969. was designed "to make further provision in relation to tips associated with mines and quarries; to prevent disused tips constituting a danger to members of the public; and for purposes connected with those matters".

In addition because of the lack of a co ordinated approach by police, army and rescue teams government set up a protocol to ensure that in future should any emergency occur that required an "all agencies involvement" that processes and procedures were already mapped out as a contingency. This protocol has its been claimed be adopted in 100 countries to date.

The initial slurry slide started at approximately 09:00 It moved down hill toward the school taking out a farmhouse in its path. At 09:15 the slurry hit the school and nearby house and drove through the buildings. The slurry slide continued for several hours with rescuers continually attempting to divert as much as possible. This hindered many of the rescue attempt. However, slurry was still moving in to the main area of the disaster days later

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The local colliery run by the National Coal Board had instructed that all waste from the pit was to be tipped on land above the village. Under just one of the tips was a natural spring that led to the River Taff. On 21-Oct 1966. Despite warnings people responsible did not stop tipping and did not undertake a risk assessment. At 09;15 the shale and waste became a slurry and 1 million cubic feet of this slurry ran down the mountain engulfing the local school and 18 houses.

Water and land pollution caused by the waste deposits being dumped. Potential dangers of landslide from shale waste (Aberfan 1963). Waste entering the water course. Industrial machinery producing CO2 emissions, Dangers of emphysema to workers from dust created. and of course land displacement such as subsidence

Landslide - yes. 144 people were killed in Aberfan in Wales on 21st October 1966 when part of a coal tip slumped onto the village school during heavy rain.

Tsunami (tidal wave) - yes, possible if there was an undersea earthquake along the Mid-Atlantic ridge or part of the Canary Islands fell into the sea.

Earthquake - only very minor ones producing minor damage as there are no active fault systems under or near the UK.

Serious flooding due to heavy rain - several occasions every year. See Boscastle, Carlisle, Workington flooding events.

One major environmental problem caused by coal mining is water pollution. Coal mining activities can lead to the contamination of water sources with heavy metals, acidic runoff, and other harmful pollutants, which can harm aquatic ecosystems and affect human health.

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On Friday, 21 October 1966, at 09:15, colliery waste tip number 7 (containing unwanted rock from the local mine) slid down Merthyr Mountain. As it collapsed, it destroyed twenty houses and a farm before going on to demolish virtually all of Pantglas Junior School and part of the separate senior school. The pupils had just left the assembly hall, where they had been singing "All Things Bright and Beautiful", when a great noise was heard outside. Had they left for their classrooms a few minutes later, the loss of life would have been significantly reduced, as the classrooms were on the side of the building nearest the landslide. In total 144 people were killed, 116 of whom were children, most of them between the ages of seven and ten. Five teachers were also killed in the accident. Only a handful of children were rescued from the rubble. Lord Robens of Woldingham, chairman of the National Coal Board (NCB), did not rush to the scene; he instead went to accept an appointment as chancellor of the University of Surrey. Subsequently, he misrepresented the cause of the slide to the community and falsely claimed that nothing could have been done to prevent it. Robens never apologised. At the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Aberfan Disaster the NCB was found responsible for the disaster, due to "ignorance, ineptitude and a failure of communication". The collapse was found to have been caused by a build-up of water in the pile and, when a small rotational slip occurred, the disturbance caused the saturated, fine material of the tip to liquefy (thixotropy) and flow down the mountain. In 1958, the tip had been sited on a known stream (as shown on earlier Ordnance Survey maps) and had previously suffered several minor slips. Its instability was known, both to colliery management and to tip workers, but very little was done about it. Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council and the National Union of Mineworkers were cleared of any wrongdoing. No NCB employee was sacked, demoted or even disciplined. The NCB was ordered to pay compensation to the families at the rate of £500 per child. After lengthy appeals, part of the fund was used to make the remainder of the waste tip safe and the Coal Board avoided the costs of doing the whole job from its own resources. The Labour government paid back the £150,000 in 1997, although taking account of inflation this should have been £1.5M. Merthyr Vale Colliery was closed in 1989. The closure was not associated with the accident. The Government of the time has deemed it appropriate to close such product across the UK.

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