IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0387 LH/X/116
Held at: Royal London Hospital
Title: Moorgate Tube Disaster
Date(s): 1975
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): London Hospital
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Moorgate Tube Disaster took place in February 1975 when a London Underground tube train crashed at Moorgate station. Over forty people were killed, and seventy badly injured. The majority of victims were brought for treatment to the London Hospital, and some to St Bartholomew's and Guys Hospitals. An emergency operating area was erected on the platform and was attended by doctors and nurses from local hospitals.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers concerning the Moorgate Tube Disaster, 1975, including notes on patients admitted and summary of emergency procedures at the London and St Bartholomew's Hospitals.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 file
Conditions governing access:
Researchers wishing to consult the archives should first contact the Trust Archivist, the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, for an appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A list is available at the Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from Unit Management.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Royal London Hospital Archives holds 'Moorgate Remembered' The Link March 2000 by Jonathan Evans.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2001