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IOR/L/E/8/2659
- Record Id:
- 040-000192744
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000192744
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000154.0x0001be
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/E/8/2659
- Title:
-
E&O 2890/44 Part A - Bombay Docks Explosion of 14TH April 1944: First Report of the Commission of Enquiry
- Scope & Content:
-
File includes:
- Government of India War Transport Department copy of the First Report of the Commission of Enquiry - Bombay Disaster (Government of India Press, New Delhi, 1944) including (1) stowage plan of ss. Fort Stikine showing the disposition of cargo at 13-50 hours on 14th April 1944 just prior to the discovery of the fire, when approximately 1400 tons of cargo had been discharged (2) cross section of No.2 hold and tween deck of ss.Fort Stikine at after end of No.2 hatch looking forward; scale 0.3inch to 1 ft.[stowage plans produced by Central Reproduction Drawing Office, June-July 1944] (3) Plan of Princes Dock and Victoria Dock showing the position of vessels before the explosion
- Memorandum by the Minister of Education on the Explosion in the Bombay Docks on 14th April 1944 and a Resolution of the Government of India following the Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Bombay Disaster (documents printed for the War Cabinet, September 1944)
- Collection of newspaper cuttings reporting on possible causes of the Bombay disaster (12th-20th September 1944)
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-000192744", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IOR/L/E/8/2659: E&O 2890/44 Part A - Bombay Docks Explosion of 14TH April 1944: First Report of the Commission of Enquiry" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000184227
036-000190085
040-000192744 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/E : Economic Department Records
IOR/L/E/8 : Departmental Papers: Annual Files
IOR/L/E/8/2659 : E&O 2890/44 Part A - Bombay Docks Explosion of 14TH April 1944: First Report of the Commission of Enquiry - Hierarchy:
- 032-000184227[0007]/036-000190085[2661]/040-000192744
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/E
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- Apr 1944-Apr 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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