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Am 9:13 y bore Gwener hwnnw, disgynnodd miloedd o dunelli o wastraff glo ar Ysgol Gynradd Pantglas a rhannau eraill o'r pentref gan ladd 116 o blant a 28 oedolyn.

School photograph (copy) of Carl Minett of Aberfan. Carl was seven years old when he was killed in his classroom in Pantglas Junior School, Aberfan on 21 October 1966. His sister, Marylyn, was also killed.

At 9:13 that Friday morning thousands of tonnes of black coal waste from an unstable tip slid down the mountain. It instantly engulfed Pantglas Junior School and parts of the village killing a total of 116 children and 28 adults.