disaster site / voluntary services / inadequate communications / county services / /
Organization
Pantglas Junior School / Calvinistic Methodist Church / University of Wales College of Medicine / Strathclyde Police / National Coal Board / Afon Taf High School / Aberfan Disaster Fund / /
Person
Cliff Minett / Jane Scourfield / John Humphreys / Jeff Edwards / /
Position
young reporter at the scene / psychiatrist / first television correspondent / Governor / young reporter / journalist / consultant psychiatrist / /
Background and Context On 21 October 1966, Tip No 7, which forms part of the main complex of tips at Aberfan, slipped and descended upon part of the village killing 116 children and 29 adults. The tragedy occurred just a