David Hurn Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster. Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag. Over one hundred children in the apparent s (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan, on 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of wate (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of water in the accumulated (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of water in the accumulated (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of water in the accumulated (...)
Ian Berry Exhausted police. Miners and helpers are silhouetted against the temporary arc lights and against the steam coming off the coal mine slurry after digging all day for survivors of the disaster. Aber (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of water in the accumulated (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the GB. Welsh village of Aberfan, on 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of (...)
Ian Berry Under the temporary arc lights, miners, police and helpers dig through the coal mine slurry that enveloped the village earlier in the day. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Rescue workers dig round the clock in their bid to save children trapped in their local school (in the background), which was overwhelmed when the coal tip collapsed after heavy rain. Aberfan, Glam (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in the Welsh village of Aberfan, on 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of wate (...)
Ian Berry Exhausted miners and helpers, covered in coal filth, many of whom have worked through the night, continue to dig. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry White arches at the top of the Aberfan cemetary mark the graves of the 116 children between 7 and 10 who died in the Aberfan Disaster. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 2016. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry In the early light of the morning after the disaster, older boys, shocked by what has happened, gather to look at the area demolished by the avalanche of mining debris and to try and help. Althoug (...)
Ian Berry The Duke of Edinburgh visits the devastated village early in the morning after the disaster. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry The memorial stone in English and Welsh at the entrance to the memorial garden on what was the site of the Pantglas Junior School where 116 children between seven and 10 and five teachers died in t (...)
Ian Berry In the early light of the morning after the disaster, older boys, shocked by what has happened, gather to look at the area demolished by the avalanche of mining debris. Although the senior school n (...)
Ian Berry Exhausted miners, covered in coal filth, who have been digging though the night take a break for a cigarette while other helpers continue to dig. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Under the temporary arc lights, miners, police and helpers dig through the coal mine slurry that enveloped the village earlier in the day, passing it back through a chain of helpers with buckets. (...)
Ian Berry Under the temporary arc lights, miners, police and helpers dig through the coal mine slurry that enveloped the village earlier in the day, with steam coming off the avalanche debris. Aberfan, Glamo (...)
Ian Berry Exhausted workers stop for a cup of tea and a sandwich, black with coal filth after spendIng hours digging through the coal mine slurry hoping to find life. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry An exhausted miner, covered in coal filth, who has been digging for hours, stands looking at the devastation in shock and disbelief. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry An exhausted miner, covered in coal filth, and with the strain of the horror of the disaster on his face, takes a short break from digging. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil in the Welsh village of Aberfan, on 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of water in (...)
David Hurn The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil in the Welsh village of Aberfan, on 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was caused by a build-up of water in (...)
Ian Berry A distraught woman is helped along the street past a couple of men carrying an urn of hot, sweet tea for the diggers. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Exhausted miners and workers, who have been digging for hours, are offered food by a member of the Salvation Army to sustain them. Aberfan, Glamorgan, Wales, GB. 1966. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
