The Bethnal Green tube disaster, as it has come to be known ... It happened when panicking Londoners tried to cram into Bethnal Green Station for shelter from what they thought was a German ...

On a rainy evening of March 3, 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush on the stairs at London’s Bethnal Green Underground station while sheltering from what they thought was a German bombing raid.

"Years later, I was looking after a disabled patient of mine, when he said he had heard of a terrible incident that happened during the war at Bethnal Green Tube station. After letting him carry ...

They were crushed to death on the narrow staircase leading down into the unfinished Bethnal Green Tube station that was being used as a public air-raid shelter. A campaign by local historian Ben ...

Next think of Victoria Park, Bethnal Green. open image in gallery Londoners sheltering from an air-raid on the stairs between escalators at Bounds Green underground station, 11 October 1940 ...

Jessica Francis Kane studied the Bethnal Green tube station disaster, then spent years writing a novel centered around the day's horrific events. Briefly, On March 3, 1943, on a night when England ...

Reckless Tube passengers were caught putting their lives at risk after they were spotted sitting beyond the yellow line at an Underground station. Two people were seen waiting for the Tube at ...

On a rainy evening of March 3, 1943, 173 people were killed in a crush on the stairs at London’s Bethnal Green Underground station while sheltering from what they thought was a German bombing raid.