Marchioness disaster-police investigation
- Title
- Marchioness disaster-police investigation
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:00:25
- Description
- Julie Sedgwick reports on police investigations into the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Police are investigating a possible offence of unlawful killing. The skipper and mate of the Bowbelle were released after being questioned. Includes interview with Cecil Parkinson, Transport Secretary. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.
- Contributors
- Cecil Parkinson; Julie Sedgwick
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; Police; River Thames; Boats; Public inquiries; Disasters (events); Criminal investigation; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)
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