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London Beer Flood
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London Beer Flood
A street scene in St. Giles the year before the flood.
Toten Hall house in Tottenham Court Road.
Date 17 October 1814 [1]
Location St. Giles, London, England
Coordinates 51°31′00″N 0°07′49″WCoordinates: 51°31′00″N 0°07′49″W
Cause Structural failure
Casualties
8 dead [1]
Unknown number injured
The London Beer Flood happened on 17 October 1814[2] in the parish of St. Giles, London, England. At the Meux and Company Brewery[1] in Tottenham Court Road,[1][3] a huge vat containing over 135,000 imperial gallons (610,000 L) of beer ruptured, causing other vats in the same building to succumb in a domino effect. As a result, more than 323,000 imperial gallons (1,470,000 L) of beer burst out and gushed into the streets. The wave of beer destroyed two homes and crumbled the wall of the Tavistock Arms pub, killing teenage employee Eleanor Cooper under the rubble.[4] Within minutes neighbouring George Street and New Street were swamped, killing a mother and daughter who were taking tea, and beer surged through a room of people gathered for a wake.[5]
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3623736&forum_id=2#33373999)