Only a Miracle Saved Morecambe: When White Lund Blew Up

Only a Miracle Saved Morecambe: When White Lund Blew Up
Only a Miracle Saved Morecambe: When White Lund Blew Up
iBase ID
274086
Name
Mr Jilbert Johnson
Surname
Johnson
Newspaper
  • Morecambe Visitor
Article title
Only a Miracle Saved Morecambe: When White Lund Blew Up
Issue date
11/11/1953
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Issue date year
1953
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Illustrated
No
Obituary
No
Library location
  • Morecambe
Format
  • Cuttings
Occupation
Fishmonger
Age
66
Details
"One of the heroes of the disaster", local fishmonger Jilbert Johnson received the O.B.E. for his gallantry in response to Morecambe's White Lund Filling Factory exploding on October 1st, 1917. At the time, he was a member of the Special Police at White Lund. Johnson first gave alarm to a group of firemen, and then helped 300 women get out to safety from his section. Johnson recalls the terror in Morecambe during the catastrophe, in which "ten to eleven" people were killed.