Marchioness disaster-survivor account

Title

Marchioness disaster-survivor account

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:16

Description

Press interview with male survivor (poss. Rod Lay), of the Marchioness pleasure boat sinking following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). He talks about losing his friend Dino (poss. Dino Pereira). Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.

Contributors

Rod Lay?

Keywords

Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Drowning; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Dino Pereira?; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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