Wales Mining Disaster 1966
The crown season 3 tells the story of the tragedy and queen elizabeth ii s visit eight days later.
Wales mining disaster 1966. The aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in wales on 21 october 1966. Wales had become famous for coal mining during the industrial. The true story of the aberfan disaster the 1966 welsh mining tragedy claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults and features heavily in the third season of netflix s the crown. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the village of aberfan near merthyr tydfil and overlaid a natural spring a period of heavy rain led to a build up of water within the tip which caused it to suddenly slide downhill as a slurry killing 116 children and 28 adults as it.
The aberfan disaster killed 144 people including 116 children. It was one of the united kingdom s worst tragedies and it was a man made disaster. The foundation of the disaster was laid nearly a century before when the merthyr vale colliery a coal mine was opened in the area. At around quarter past nine on the morning of friday 21 october 1966 disaster struck the coal mining village of aberfan in south wales.
On october 21 1966 a mining accident occurred in the south wales village of aberfan.