EPISODE · Nov 28, 2009 · 44 MIN
DocArchive: Disaster at Whiddy
from Documentary on One Podcast · host RTÉ
The French oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded in West Cork, at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal in January 1979. 50 people lost their lives. This is the story of that disaster - broadcast just 10 days after the explosion. (Broadcast 1979)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The French oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded in West Cork, at the offshore jetty of the Whiddy Island Oil Terminal in January 1979. 50 people lost their lives. This is the story of that disaster - broadcast just 10 days after the explosion. (Broadcast 1979)
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