The London Beer Flood of 17 October 1814, When a Brewery Vat Burst and Drowned Eight People in Porter
On 17 October 1814 a fermentation vat holding over 130,000 gallons of porter ruptured at the Horse Shoe Brewery on Tottenham Court Road. The chain reaction released more than 300,000 gallons of beer into the St Giles rookery, killing eight people.
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