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Marchioness disaster-salvage and search for bodies

Title
Marchioness disaster-salvage and search for bodies
Genre
News report
TX Date
Aug 1989
Year of production
1989
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Duration
00:00:40
Description
Camilla Affleck reports on the salvaging of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Forensics on the salvaged boat will start shortly. Meanwhile there is confusion over the number of passengers on board, 27 bodies have so far been found (final total was 51). Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.
Contributors
Camilla Affleck
Keywords
Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Rescue work; Search and rescue operations; Salvage; Forensics; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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