Kings Cross fire funerals and compensation claims

Title

Kings Cross fire funerals and compensation claims

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 Nov 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:40

Description

Report on funerals of Kings Cross Underground fire victims, Dean and Susheila Cottle, Rai Singh, Neville Eve and Fire Chief Colin Townsley, and plans to sue LRT. Includes interview with Ian Walker, lawyer for the Cottle family, and PC Stephen Hanson who was seriously burned, on compensation and the emergency compensation given to widow Sylvia Eve. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ian Walker

Keywords

Deaths; London; Underground railway networks; Compensation; Funerals; Burns; Fire fighters; Underground railway stations; London Regional Transport; LRT; Colin Townsley; Rai Singh; Neville Eve; Sylvia Eve; Stephen Hanson; Dean Cottle; Susheila Cottle

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