October 20.1966-Arbour square tragedy occurred in the United Kingdom
October 20, 1966 (, Heigo September seventh day), British Uncle Fang tragedy occurred. tragedy of
Arbor party (the mining small village Arbour side collapsed)
1966 10 20 Welsh coal mining village near Mercer Tydfil, UK Arbour was wounded in a tragedy, an abandoned slag mountain collapsed and buried the village primary school. The disaster killed 147 people, in fact, the village is a whole generation of pupils do not exist. (L $ djτ.ōrɡ)
collapses occurred when the children are a collection of ready to participate in the morning. Within a few seconds, Pant Grass Nursery and Primary School, together with the surrounding buildings have been buried in 200 tons of slag, stone, and slime underneath. The school was originally from noon onwards it will be mid-term holiday. (Lssjt.cn)
rescue work all day going on, and continued all night. More than 2,000 police officers, firefighters, civil defense workers and volunteers in the slag dug a 45-foot-long channel, to identify the bodies and searching for survivors. When the first batch of bodies was carried out, one after another, the truth of the whole tragedy began to become clear, too numb hearted hardened journalists and police also could not help the tears streaming down his face. The mother and grandmother were empty hands with fingertip grip Grilled slag heap near the mine where the miners were thrown alive to come to support the rescue work. The prime minister flew to the scene and the Duke of Edinburgh, to express our condolences to the families of the dead children.
10, 27, 10 people attended the first funeral held for the dead child. 81 small coffin was buried in a hillside cemetery two long morass. These grave stands a 100 ft high cross wreath. British National lowered to half mast when the funeral recite the Prayer.
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