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		We are Bereaved Families and Survivors of the Marchioness Disaster.
		The Disaster claimed the lives of 51 people that a Coroner Jury in 1995 found to be Unlawful Killing.
		Out of respect for the privacy of those affected by the Marchioness Disaster, the names of the deceased, their families and the survivors are not published on this web site.
	www.geocities.com /jndenio (0 words)

	More than PTSD: Proactive Responses Among Disaster Survivors
		Disaster Action exists because people come together with like experience with the understanding that they know their lives have changed, with the knowledge that emergency planning is not all that it could be and that the human dimension of emergency planning, certainly in the past, has been missing...
		Disasters involve complicated deaths in the sense that it is not always straightforward to establish the nature, cause and moment of death.
		Indeed, some disaster survivors may be uniquely placed and motivated by their experiences to complement the views of practitioners by contributing to the development of disaster plans, participating in emergency exercises and commenting on policy-making at local and national level, as well as providing networks of mutual support for those affected by future tragedies.
	www.massey.ac.nz /~trauma/issues/1998-2/eyre.htm (4663 words)

	Statewatch News online: Marchioness Public Inquiry
		Bereaved and survivors of the Marchioness disaster have finally been granted a public inquiry, over a decade after the small pleasure launch was hit and sunk by the much larger dredger Bowbelle in August 1989.
		He also asserts the relevance of the appalling catalogue of collisions and near disasters in which the Bow vessels had been involved before 1989 and the significance of evidence (much of which was excluded by the coroner from the inquests) from previous crewmen of the Bowbelle.
		After the Marchioness disaster it was not culpability for the disaster, but an inadequate investigation that was kept hidden.
	www.statewatch.org /news/jun00/04march.htm (1771 words)

	Chiswick to benefit from Marchioness Legacy
		A new RNLI lifeboat, in memory of those who lost their lives in the tragic collision between the Marchioness and the Bowbelle on the River Thames, has been named The Legacy at a service Southwark Cathedral.
		The RNLI lifeboat from Tower Pier was positioned on the river between Cannon Street Bridge and London Bridge, close to where the Marchioness disaster occurred.
		The Bishop said a final prayer and, in the following two minutes of silence, the RNLI crew laid 51 roses on the Thames in memory of the 51 lives lost.
	www.chiswickw4.com /info/conrnli6.htm (209 words)

	Mother calls for disaster openness
		A woman whose son died in the Marchioness disaster has called for greater openness and honesty from the authorities when dealing with survivors and relatives after major tragedies.
		She said the police and coroner's handling of the disaster, including a decision not to let relatives of the dead identify bodies, had caused "immense damage" to bereaved families.
		Ms Lockwood-Croft told the conference that the psychological impact of details about the Marchioness disaster - such as the removal of victims' hands to help the identification procedure - was made worse because facts "leaked out" after the tragedy.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/news/bbc250400b.htm (484 words)

	LTSN Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In exploring the legal processes surrounding these disasters and their consequences using a 'multi-disciplinary, socio-legal approach to this area of "disaster law", drawing on sociology and critical criminology' (Hartley, 2001:ix), this text contributes greatly to our understanding of critical theory in the context of leisure and sport.
		In Chapter One, the traditional, uncritical notion of disasters as one-off 'Acts of God' is challenged, with discussion of the linked processes that contribute to the occurrence of disasters and consideration of a number of disasters that occurred in the UK during the 1980s.
		In Chapter Seven, the Marchioness disaster and the legal events, disputes and controversies that surrounded the aftermath of the incident are explored.
	www.brookes.ac.uk /ltsn/resources/Review/review_16.html! (779 words)

	Marchioness disaster at AllExperts
		The Marchioness disaster occurred on the River Thames in London, England, on 20 August 1989, when the pleasure boat Marchioness sank after being run down by the dredger Bowbelle.
		Many of the victims were young people working in the fashion industry, and included Francesca Dallaglio, sister of Lawrence Dallaglio, who later became captain of the England national rugby union team.
		The disaster was found by the Marine Accidents Investigation Board to have been caused by the poor visibility from each ship's wheelhouse, the fact that both vessels were using the centre of the river, and that no clear instructions were given to the look-out at the bow of the Bowbelle.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/ma/marchioness_disaster.htm (382 words)

	A typically British disaster that should never have happened - Independent Online Edition > Andreas Whittam Smith (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Marchioness was carrying more than 100 young people who were celebrating the 26th birthday of Antonio Vasconcellos, a banker, when the incident happened.
		And the sinking of the Marchioness was a typically British disaster.
		After the disaster, the state was equally incompetent in dealing with the consequences.
	comment.independent.co.uk /columnists_m_z/andreas_whittam_smith/article249469.ece (979 words)

	Making sense of disasters
		Material on these disasters will be included in the archive, along with data relating to the Piper Alpha tragedy, the Strangeways prison protests and the West murders.
		Civil and criminal legal material relating to the disasters, such as transcripts of court cases and reports and evidence given to inquiries and inquests, will also be included.
		Professor Scraton said: "From the disasters of the late 1980s through to the Alder Hey scandal we have seen those in authority wielding their professional power to deny the bereaved the rights of access to, and information about, their loved ones.
	www.edgehill.ac.uk /EdgeHillUni/Publications/Edgeways/issue2/disaster.htm (659 words)

	Guardian \| Marchioness: disaster predicted years before
		Opening the formal investigation, attorney general Lord Williams of Mostyn said that when the Bowbelle struck the Marchioness, a pleasure boat with 132 partygoers on board, it "quickly heeled over to starboard - and rapidly flooded through open doors and windows".
		In June 1983 there was a collision between the Bowbelle, the vessel involved in the Marchioness accident, and the passenger launch, The Pride of Greenwich, on the Thames.
		No one was hurt but the accident led to a DoT investigation and the view of a surveyor in the department that the accident could be put down to "grossly inadequate visibility" from the two vessels.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4070896-103690,00.html (294 words)

	Westminster Coroner: 23 Oct 2002: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		Lord Justice Clarke, in the public inquiry into the Marchioness disaster and river safety, was especially critical of the decision to mutilate the bodies of the victims when other means of identification were readily available.
		I ask the Minister to consider whether her Department or the Home Office should look again at those cases in which the Westminster coroner has recorded an open verdict, to see whether the verdict is a secure conclusion in each case.
		The Lord Chancellor deeply sympathises with the continuing distress of survivors and families of victims of the Marchioness disaster.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates/?id=2002-10-23.378.0 (3304 words)

	The Marchioness disaster \| More about \| Guardian Unlimited
		23 March: The disaster, which claimed 51 lives, was a 'catastrophe that should never have happened', a public inquiry report said today.
		The government has set up a full public inquiry into the Marchioness riverboat disaster.
		Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
	www.guardian.co.uk /more_about/0,5167,233960,00.html (204 words)

	Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum
		Bye-laws on inland and coastal waterways need to be effectively enforced and hire companies should make sure that all clients are aware of the dangerous mix of alcohol and sailing.
		On 20th August 1989 51 people lost their lives when the Bowbelle dredger collided with the Marchioness passenger boat.
		It is believed that alcohol may have been an important factor in the collision, and the inquest jury into the disaster recommended that legislation should be introduced to combat alcohol abuse on board ship.
	www.ias.org.uk /resources/publications/alcoholalert/alert200002/al200002_p12.html (872 words)

	BBC News \| HEALTH \| 'Organs taken' from Marchioness dead
		Relatives of victims of the Marchioness disaster are calling for a government investigation into findings that body parts were removed from the dead.
		One is a formal investigation into the collision, and the second is a non-statutory report into what happened to the bodies in the process of identification.
		Many of the victims of the Marchioness disaster were young men and women who had been celebrating a friend's birthday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/1214321.stm (454 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Harrow Times (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The disaster occurred after a gravel dredger, the Bowbelle, and pleasure riverboat, the Marchioness, collided.
		Following the investigation, it was concluded the manager and owners of the two vessels were to blame for the collision, which was caused, in part, by poor lookouts and lack of walkie-talkies.
		Mr Evans said: "If the outcome of the Marchioness disaster is that boats on the Thames are still not properly regulated, that is grossly offensive to the victims' families."
	www.harrowtimes.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=633018 (369 words)

	Prescott acts on accident law
		NEW laws are to be brought in to punish companies responsible for fatal accidents such as the Marchioness riverboat disaster, John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister, has told The Telegraph.
		But the courts had to find a fair way to compensate families for "an incalculable loss" and for the "unnecessary and stressful delays in resolving the case," she said.
		The charge of "corporate manslaughter" first entered the public domain after the Herald of Free Enterprise ferry disaster in 1987, when the Appeal Court ruled that a company could be prosecuted for manslaughter if intent could be identified in the mind of a "controlling officer", usually a director.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/08/22/npres22.html (699 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Memorial for Marchioness victims
		The coroner who oversaw the team dealing with the Marchioness victims, Dr Paul Knapman, has come in for strong criticism for allowing the hands of 25 of the dead to be cut off for fingerprint identification.
		In evidence to the disaster inquiry earlier this month, Dr Knapman apologised for the distress caused to the victims' families.
		Relatives of those who died on the Marchioness are calling for reform of the rules governing coroners.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1075875.stm (416 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - Croydon Guardian (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The disaster occurred after gravel dredger, the Bowbelle, and pleasure river-boat The Marchioness collided.
		Following the investigation into the disaster, it was concluded that the manager and owners of the two vessels were to blame for the collision, which was caused, in part, by poor lookouts and lack of walkie-talkies.
		Mr Evans said: "If the outcome of the Marchioness disaster is that boats on the Thames are still not properly regulated then that is grossly offensive to the victims' families."
	www.croydonguardian.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=633144 (442 words)

	Marchioness group welcomes inquiry
		SURVIVORS of the Marchioness disaster won an inquiry yesterday into safety on the Thames, almost 10 years after the accident that claimed 51 lives.
		Mr Prescott said that while the Marchioness was an important part of the inquiry, he wanted a comprehensive study of river safety ahead of Millennium celebrations.
		The Marchioness, which had been hosting a birthday party, sank on Aug 20, 1989, after being struck by the dredger Bowbelle.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/08/19/nmar19.html (314 words)

	O'DOCHARTAIGH ASSOCIATES
		For a detailed outline of the curriculum, and Fact Sheets (for disaster survivors, rescue workers, and DMH providers), browse the National Center's website.
		Taiminen, Tero J.; Tuominen, Taina Psychological responses to a marine disaster during a recoil phase: Experiences from the Estonia shipwreck.
		Thompson, James; Chung, Man-Cheung; Rosser, Rachel Psychological effects of Marchioness disaster on survivors and relatives.
	www.angelfire.com /biz/odochartaigh/dismh.html (982 words)

	RoSPA : Occupational Safety : Involuntary Manslaughter and Corporate Killing : RoSPA's Comments
		A clear example here is the long series of such processes that followed the Marchioness disaster (only latterly revisited in a public enquiry) which demonstrated how legal and political inertia can combine to obscure the truth about serious accidents being made available as soon as possible in order to improve safety.
		On occasions, following disasters those in positions of command have claimed that they could not have been expected to know about the errors of those beneath them and likewise those at the bottom have claimed that they were ‘simply following orders’.
		Thus, however physically remote directors may have been from the events leading up to disasters, it has become increasingly clear that the levers to ensure effective management of prevention (policies, people, procedures) should at all times have been very directly in their hands.
	www.rospa.com /occupationalsafety/involuntary_manslaughter/comments.htm (1738 words)

	MARCHIONESS-NSI.ORG.UK
		That Inquiry reviewed the responsibilities of Government Departments, the Port of London Authority and other persons or bodies for promoting safety on the River Thames and advised whether there is a case for a further investigation or inquiry into he circumstances surrounding the MARCHIONESS disaster on 20 August 1989 and its causes.
		Mr Prescott announced the appointment of Lord Justice Clarke by Lord Chancellor Lord Irvine of Laird to conduct the FI and his appointment of Lord Justice Clarke to conduct the non statutorily inquiry.
		The MARCHIONESS tragedy occurred on 20 August 1989 when the dredger Bowbelle collided with the Marchioness with the loss of 51 lives.
	www.marchioness-bowbelle.org.uk /Press/pr200002.htm (511 words)

	DisasterAction :: Organisation
		Help create a safety climate in which disasters are less likely to occur.
		Members have been affected by disasters in the UK and abroad and live in many different parts of the UK.
		Many of our members remain involved in their own family/survivor support group (if one has been established), while going on as part of Disaster Action to consider the general issues that may be relevant to any disaster whatever its origin.
	www.disasteraction.org.uk /organisation.htm (0 words)

	Southwark Cathedral - Tour - Arcade and Marchioness Memorial
		The great Nave is, of course, modern, but its design blends harmoniously with the older parts of the building.
		Nearby is the memorial to the victims of the Marchioness Disaster, when a River Thames pleasure boat sank near to the Cathedral.
		Prior to the memorial being installed here, this space was occupied by the font, hence the unusual shape of the memorial.
	www.southwark.anglican.org /cathedral/tour/arcade.htm (86 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Marchioness disaster
		The Marchioness disaster occurred on the River Thames in London, England, on 20 August 1989, when the pleasure boat Marchioness sank after being run down by the dredger Bowbelle.
		The disaster was found by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch to have been caused by the poor visibility from each ship's wheelhouse, the fact that both vessels were using the centre of the river, and that no clear instructions were given to the look-out at the bow of the Bowbelle.
		A memorial to the victims can be found close to the site of the disaster in the Nave of Southwark Cathedral.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Marchioness_disaster (439 words)

	House of Commons Standing Committee A (pt 5)
		I do not want to be confrontational on this point, but I hope that on the 10th anniversary of the disaster the Minister for Transport in London and the Secretary of State will honour the Government's only remaining undertaking to 1301 1302 hold a public inquiry.
		Those who attended any of the inquests into the sinking of the Marchioness, those who read the report of the marine accident investigation branch and those who talked to the families involved know that there was at least some confusion on the night that the Marchioness sank.
		Gentleman has been helpful, certainly in my meetings with the Marchioness action group, and in attempting to persuade the members of the action group to furnish the names and addresses of witnesses who they claim have evidence about the tragedy that has never been heard.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm199899/cmstand/a/st990316/pm/pt2/90316s05.htm (1605 words)

	Leeds Met - Carnegie Faculty of Sport and Education
		Her doctoral thesis at the University of Lancaster, was in Critical Criminology, focusing on a socio-legal study of the 1989 Hillsborough and Marchioness disasters.
		It embraced the political economy of disasters and risk, contemporary legal problems in nervous shock mass actions, reckless manslaughter, statutory regulation of health and safety, public inquiries and inquests, before moving on to the main case studies in sport and leisure contexts.
		She is presently working on a socio-legal, document analysis of rugby negligence cases and spinal injuries in the international sport arena.
	www.leedsmet.ac.uk /carnegie/8855.htm (585 words)

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