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558 results found for '"Explosions"' in Keywords.
Tower IRA bomb phone-in (1974)
- Genre
- Phone-in
George Gale interviews an emotional male phone-in caller about the IRA bombing at the Tower of London (17/07/74) and what should be done to IRA terrorists.
Flixborough explosion (1974)
- Genre
- Interview; News report; Speech
David Rutherland(?) reports from the scene of the Flixborough Chemical plant explosion on Humberside (01/06/74). Includes interviews with unidentified eyewitnesses and workers. Also includes speech by...
Pit explosion announced (1975)
- Genre
- Speech
Parliamentary speech by employment minister Albert Booth announcing an explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire, with unknown causes resulting in five deaths and one man with serious injuries....
Pit explosion discussed (1975)
- Genre
- Parliamentary debate
Speech in the Commons by Dennis Skinner MP, on the explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire that has resulted in five deaths and one man with serious injuries. Asks that investigation takes...
Pit explosion investigation (1975)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with three speakers (including Arthur Owen, safety officer; poss. Joe Gormley, miners leader; poss. Derek Ezra, NCB) on an investigation into the cause of an explosion at Houghton Colliery in south...
Beckenham gas explosion (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report of an explosion in a launderette at Beckenham, Kent (03/01/77). Includes speculation the blast is linked to recent gas explosions at Brentford and Bristol. Includes interview with gas board official,...
Galveston explosion (1977)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Roy Flores reports from the USA to Peter Sharp at IRN on an explosion in Galveston, Texas, where people were trapped inside a grain elevator. 10 people are reported dead and a further 23 injured. Emergency...
Brentford gas explosion (1977)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report of a gas explosion in a man’s outfitters in Brentford High Street, west London, which left 38 people injured (29/12/76). Including eyewitness accounts by Kathleen Robinson of Barclays Bank and...
Bristol gas explosion (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Eyewitness account of a gas explosion in Park Street, Bristol (29/12/76). Speakers not identified.
Gas explosion in Nottinghamshire (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Accounts by an eyewitness and her stepfather of a gas explosion and fire in Newark, Nottinghamshire (15/01/77) and the rescue of an old man (Charles Lambert) from under a gas cooker, which had caused the...