Title

Marchioness disaster-rescue work

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:53

Description

Interview with male speaker (not identified), on a boat on the Thames, about the search and rescue operation they are undertaking after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Darkness is hampering the operation. Says they are now looking for bodies rather than survivors. Male interviewer not identified. Broadcast on either 20th or 21st.

Contributors

None Identified

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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