Survivor describes Clapham rail accident

Title

Survivor describes Clapham rail accident

Genre

Interview

TX Date

23 Feb 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:12

Description

Doctor John Sweetenham tells of the collision, his experience and his thoughts in the immediate aftermath of the Clapham rail disaster. He was travelling on the Poole train, in the first carriage in which 35 people died. Interviewer Margaret Shiels?

Contributors

Margaret Shiels; John Sweetenham

Keywords

Public transport; Trains; Railway accidents; Accidental death; Clapham Junction railway accident (1988)

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