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Old 10-21-16, 12:09 PM   #1575
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1966 - 116 children and 28 adults are killed when heavy rainfall caused a colliery spoil tip to slide onto the town of Aberfan, in Wales, destroying a primary school and several houses.



A radio news report from Gareth Bowen, the father of future BBC war and Middle East reporter Jeremy Bowen:
https://audioboom.com/posts/5190367-...berfan-in-1966

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