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At Pantglas Junior School, just below,
the children had just returned to their classes after singing All
Things Bright and Beautiful at their assembly. The tipping gang up
the mountain had seen the slide start, but could not raise the alarm
because their telephone cable had been repeatedly stolen. Down in
the village, nobody saw anything, but everybody heard the noise.
The slide engulfed the school and about 20 houses in the village
before coming to rest. Then there was total silence.
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144 people died in the Aberfan
disaster
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116 of them were school children.
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About half of the children at
Pantglas Junior School
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Five of their teachers, were killed.
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