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3 results found for '"Aberfan tip disaster (1966)"' in Keywords.
Underground fires at Aberfan (1981)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the closure of a school in Aberfan - where 114 people died in 1966 as a result of a landslide - following the discovery of underground fires. Includes interviews with local education officer Eddie...
Nevado del Ruiz erupts causing mudslide (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a scientific expert about the eruption of the volcano, Nevado del Ruiz, in northern Colombia in 11/85, whether the deaths could have been prevented and compares the mudslide to the Aberfan tip...
Aberfan disaster 25 year anniversary (1991)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the 25 year anniversary of the Aberfan disaster in Wales where 116 children and 28 adults were killed. Includes interviews with Gaynor Madgewick who survived the tragedy which killed her brother...