Witness History: Archive 2011 - Aberfan Disaster

Aberfan Disaster

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It is 45 years since tragedy struck a Welsh mining village.

Tons of coal-waste collapsed onto houses and Aberfan's primary school.

One hundred and forty-four people were killed in total - most of them children.

(Photo: Jim Gray/Getty Images)

Published on Friday, 21st October 2011.

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