A photographic print of Housing, Accidents, Flats Disaster at Canning Town, London, May, 1968

CANNING TOWN FLATS COLLAPSE INQUIRY. ODS L5270 30TH MAY 1968 SEATED AT THE TOP DESK IN NEWHAM TOWN HALL, EAST LONDON THIS MORNING ARE THE MEN APPOINTED BY MR. ANTHONY GREENWOOD, MINISTER OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO ADJUDICATE IN THE INQUIRY INTO THE COLLAPSE OF FLATS AT CANNING TOWN. FROM LEFT ARE SIR OWEN SAUNDERS, PROFESSOR OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND VICE-CHANCELLOR OF LONDON UNIVERSITY, MR. HUGH GRIFFITHS, Q.C. CHAIRMAN OF THE TRIBUNAL, SIR ALFRED PUGSLEY, PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT BRISTOL UNIVERSITY, AND MR. J. MARLOW, SECRETARY TO THE TRIBUNAL. ALSO AT THE TRIBUNAL WHICH IS TO INQUIRE INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING THE FLAT COLLAPSE AT CANNING TOWN ON MAY 16TH WAS SIR ELWYN JONES, Q.C. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. THE PUBLIC INQUIRY OPENED THIS MORNING. Housing - Accidents - Canning Town Flat Disaster