Underground Fire Sweeps Covent Garden

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1964

Date Released

26 Dec 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Underground Fire Sweeps Covent Garden
2. 2New York Has Water Famine for Christmas
3. 3Malan and Smuts Attend Voortrekker Inauguration
4. 4Circus Preview Cheers Ten Thousand London Kiddies

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

Every brigade in London sends men to fight freak fire beneath flower market. One fireman dies and 100 are minor casualties.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Accidents and disasters

Library number

18305

Length of story (in feet)

108

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Film Archive

Name

Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Address

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Notes

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