Marchioness disaster-disaster and body search
- Title
- Marchioness disaster-disaster and body search
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
- TX Date
- 21 Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:23
- Description
- Gareth Furby reports on the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). 51 of the 130 passengers died. Includes interviews with eyewitnesses and survivors including Rod Lay; also an interview with a member of the emergency services.
- Contributors
- Gareth Furby; Rod Lay
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Rescue work; Search and rescue operations; Dead bodies; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Marchioness disaster (1989)
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