Marchioness disaster-hopes for survival

Title

Marchioness disaster-hopes for survival

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:27

Description

Interview with Robert Atherton, following the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). His friend, actor Mark Frederick, survived the tragedy by clinging to another passenger and is desperate to know if the woman survived. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st. Interviewer not heard.

Contributors

Robert Atherton

Keywords

Deaths; Actors; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989); Mark Frederick

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