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The London Beer Flood of 1814 began when a vat burst at the Horse Shoe Brewery. What kind of beer poured into the St Giles rookery?
Over 300,000 gallons of porter were released; eight people, all women and children, died. The inquest ruled it an act of God.
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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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