On October 21, 1966, the small mining village of Aberfan in South Wales was devastated by one of the most catastrophic mining disasters in British history. The disaster occurred when a colliery spoil tip, a mound of waste material from coal mining, collapsed onto the village, burying homes and a sch...
The Senghenydd mining disaster of 1913 stands as the deadliest mining tragedy in Wales and one of the most catastrophic in the history of the United Kingdom. This incident, which occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, resulted in the loss of 439 lives and highlighted the...
