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'It was pure hell': On this day 50 years ago, a terrible fire at Swan Hunter killed eight shipyard workers
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Chronicle Live is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 23 Sept 2026, 10:00 UTC. The headline in use is “'It was pure hell': On this day 50 years ago, a terrible fire at Swan Hunter killed eight shipyard workers”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Eight people died and six were injured working on HMS Glasgow at Swan Hunter's Neptune yard in Walker, Newcastle, in 1976
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