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Silvertown after the explosion, 1917

100th Anniversary of the Silvertown Explosion

By · January 19, 2017 · Archives · No comments

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Silvetown Explosion, where, on the evening of January 19th 1917, 50 tonnes of trinitrotoluene exploded after efforts to extinguish a fire in one of the factory melt pots failed. The explosion killed 73 people, injured more than 400 and instantly destroyed an estimated…

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Robert Mackay, 1912

Robert Mackay 1886-1928

By · November 9, 2015 · Archives · No comments

When we look back at the early days of the School, we think of the Lecturers, such as Robert Leiper, the Directors, such as H. B. Newham, Sir Andrew Balfour, and even our School’s founder, Sir Patrick Manson, however we rarely look at other members of staff, who were…

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