LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Fire service retrieves bodies from wreck of Marchioness

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:00

Description

Camilla Affleck speaks to London Fire Brigade’s Assistant Commander, Rod Howells. He describes the dreadful conditions under which his men had been forced to work to recover the bodies from the sunk pleasure cruiser the Marchioness on the Thames after the Bowbelle collided with it. For AM programme.

Contributors

Camilla Affleck; Rod Howells

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; London; Rivers; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Fire services; Rescue work; Salvage; Dead bodies; AM (radio programme); River navigation; Southwark Bridge; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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