09:13 October 21st 1966.
144 dead, including 116 children.
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It occurred almost exactly a fortnight after I first arrived in Australia, I remember reading about it.
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Tragic.The pits were dangerous for those that worked them and their families.
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The Wilson government took £150,000 from the Aberfan Disaster Fund to pay for the removal of the remaining Aberfan tips – tips which belonged to the NCB. The conduct of the Charity Commission, not to mention the Ministry of Power, demonstrated a similar privileging of economic and financial interests over the needs of the victims.
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