Marchioness disaster- relatives visit site
- Title
- Marchioness disaster- relatives visit site
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:00:40
- Description
- Camilla Affleck reports from Southwark Bridge on a visit by relatives of victims to the site of the Marchioness disaster. The pleasure boat sank following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). 51 of the 130 passengers died in the tragedy. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.
- Contributors
- Camilla Affleck
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Family; Disasters (events); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)
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