Mon, 05 Dec, 2016 - 00:00
Many lessons still need to be learned from the disaster on the high seas
Eddie Cassidy, who was then West Cork correspondent for the ‘Cork Examiner’, recalls the fate of the Kowloon Bridge, which ran aground 30 years ago this week.
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AnalysisKowloon BridgePlace: IrelandPlace: West CorkPlace: Stag RocksPlace: Toe HeadPlace: BaltimorePlace: Hong KongPlace: Kowloon BridgePlace: UKPlace: AtlanticPlace: QuebecPlace: DerbyshirePlace: JapanPlace: Sept-IlesPlace: River ClydePlace: ScotlandPlace: Bantry BayPlace: Whiddy IslandPerson: Eddie CassidyPerson: Charles HaugheyPerson: Pádraig FlynnPerson: Shaun KentPerson: KentEvent: Kowloon BridgeEvent: Kowloon Bridge disasterEvent: BridgeEvent: Typhoon OrchidOrganisation: Cork ExaminerOrganisation: Lloyds of LondonOrganisation: Cork County CouncilOrganisation: Swan Hunter
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