LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Marchioness disaster-eyewitnesses on sister ship

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

21 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:01:20

Description

Press interview with eyewitnesses Ray Watson and Maria Kline(?), on the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). They were on another pleasure boat called the Hurlingham and say the Bowbelle almost ploughed into them too. 51 of the 130 passengers died in the tragedy.

Contributors

Ray Watson; Maria Kline(?)

Keywords

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

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