Marchioness disaster-eyewitness account

Title

Marchioness disaster-eyewitness account

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:17

Description

Interview with male eyewitness (not identified), after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). He says it all happened very quickly. 51 of the 130 passengers died. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

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

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