Talk:Marchioness disaster/Archive 1

Hurlingham
Should the fact that passengers and crew on Hurlingham saw the accident and rescued some of the survivors be mentioned? http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/257/hurlingham 92.40.120.150 (talk) 13:28, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Marchioness
In 1976 I saw a passenger boat called Marchioness on the Norfolk Broads, and the name stuck with me because at the time it struck me as quite unusual. I have no idea whether it was the same boat, of course, but I'd be interested to find out. Lee M 00:17, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Do we know when the boat was built, and how long she had been in operation when sunk? Drutt (talk) 10:09, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

Cutting Off Hands For Identification
I am surprised to see no mention of this in the article as it was a matter of some controversy at the time. I am not going to insert it as I don't have a source for the information, I just read it in the press (so don't even know if it was found to be true). Can someone with in-depth knowledge of the disaster please put the appropriate section in the article? DavidFarmbrough (talk) 15:15, 17 May 2012 (UTC)


 * This was not a procedure of first resort. I am not sure this was in relation to the Marchioness disaster, but I did read in a woman's magazine an article on the mother of a Thames boatman, who recalled being told his hands had to be cut off to permit the taking of fingerprints because after a boating disaster his body was so long in being found that he could not otherwise be identified. He was subsequently cremated and his ashes scattered on the Thames.Cloptonson (talk) 13:11, 2 April 2015 (UTC)


 * This document researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00769/SN00769.pdf establishes that it happened. Maproom (talk) 20:39, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

Both boats
It seems that alcohol was involved in both boats. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.11.202 (talk) 17:48, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

Southwark
I am not sure why those who died were mentioned in Southwark Cathedral. Many were not of the same denomination as those with the Cathedral now in their hands. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.65.7.129 (talk) 13:33, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I have seen the memorial. It seems denominational differences were disregarded. The churchmanship of Southwark Cathedral's clergy has tended to be liberal.Cloptonson (talk) 13:14, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Controversy
Worth having a section about this? I remember the fury about the Daily Mail headline "Death of the Beautiful People" and there were some other controversial pieces of coverage in the media in the days following. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.0.171.64 (talk) 15:45, 17 April 2014 (UTC)


 * If one can find the newspaper coverage to cite. I recall reading at the time that it was much implied the victims were all rich.  The parents of an Australian victim were distressed by the high cost of repatriating his body.Cloptonson (talk) 13:18, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

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