LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Marchioness disaster

Genre

News bulletin

TX Date

20 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:43

Description

Barney Burnham reads part of the 3 o’clock (am?) LBC news bulletin announcing the Marchioness pleasure boat disaster on the Thames and that the search for survivors is ongoing. Notes say this is the first broadcast by IRN on the disaster.

Contributors

Barney Burnham

Keywords

Accidents; Deaths; London; Rivers; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Rescue work; Marchioness; Bowbelle; Southwark Bridge; Search and recue operations; Marchioness disaster (1989)

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