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6 results found for '"Taunton"' in Keywords.
Taunton train fire (1978)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Report on the fatal Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78, in which a number of rail passengers died, some of them locked into their carriages. Unidentified male reporter speaks to Nigel Musselwhite, Chief...
Taunton residents help train fire victims (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified female tells how she and other local residents ministered to survivors of the Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78. She recounts how they took people into their homes, and describes their...
Taunton train fire (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate; Speech
Report on the fatal Taunton sleeping car fire of 06/07/78, in which 11 rail passengers (at this point) died. We hear from the House of Commons, where Bill Rodgers offers condolences to the families of the...
Taunton woman tells of train fire rescue (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Unidentified Taunton woman tells how, after being woken by thumping noises and seeing flames, she helped neighbours to rescue fire survivors from train carriages. She talks of the fear and shock of the...
Denis Howell on floods in UK (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Minister of Floods Denis Howell about the threat of floods in the south-west of England, following recent heavy snowfall, and on the supply of possible aid to the region. The interview comes...
Taunton sleeping car fire inquiry report (1980)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with a male railway industry spokesman (not identified â poss Major Tom King, Railway Inspecting Officer), about the 1978 Taunton sleeping car fire in which 12 people died, and on the...