29
Jul
07

Beer Flood – Aye, It Happened

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The Meux and Company Brewery, located on Tottenham Court Road in central London, had one of the largest beer vats in the city. The 20 foot high container could hold 3,555 barrels (511,920 liters) of beer and was held together by 29 strong metal hoops. Several other large vats were also housed in the same building. The ale had been fermenting there for almost ten months, but the containers were very old and starting to show signs of fatigue.

On October 16, 1814 the metal hoops that held the big vat together snapped and beer exploded in every direction, causing all the other vats in the building to rupture. A total of 8,500 barrels (1,224,000 liters) of beer smashed through the brick wall of the building and out into the crowded slum area of St. Giles. The sea of beer ran through the streets, flooded basements, and demolished two homes. The wave collapsed a wall in the nearby Tavistock Arms pub and buried a barmaid for three hours. In one home, the beer busted in and drowned a mother and her three-year-old son. A total of eight people were killed, seven due to drowning and one due to alcohol poisoning.

People quickly waded into the flooded areas and tried to save all the free beer they could. Some scooped it up in pots while others lapped it up in their hands. Chaos ensued at the local hospital when the smell of the beer-soaked survivors quickly filled the building. Other patients, convinced there was a party and that beer was being served, rose from their beds and demanded pints of their own.


21 Responses to “Beer Flood – Aye, It Happened”


  1. July 30, 2007 at 7:57 am

    Aye Cap’n–full sails and full oragsmoid ahead, I beseech thee by virtue of all that is Queerly Insane to smite and ravish the Queen of Surf Pirates–the hostess of Curl Girls and all sweetness such treasure betwixt the tanned thighs….

  2. July 30, 2007 at 9:48 am

    Givin’ ye a hard time is she. Me CyberPunk? ‘Twill be right o’er, Me Sweet… ;)

  3. July 30, 2007 at 2:07 pm

    To set her right the Queen of Surf Pirates must be ravished. She be a girl favored of the girls and so favors, who has been making the compromising ways of appeasing the lesser beings for the mere sake of the blog favor.

    But the wench be not hopeless.

  4. July 30, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    I shall invite the wanton Pirate to the Capn’s cabin. All of which shall be preceded by the cleansing lash, which the fair child of the Cyberpunk can attest to.

  5. July 30, 2007 at 2:15 pm

    Me Fair Child o’ Th’CyberPunk, haul her in forthwith.

  6. July 30, 2007 at 4:11 pm

    Ok I’m here….s’up dudettes?

  7. July 30, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    Well held, Queen o’ Th’Surf Pirates. Sweet ~Becky turned th’Bow towards yer port. Would ye agree t’be a Member o’ Th’Crew (nay, a hundred years afore th’mast be not a requirement)? ~Becky finds ye o’worth an’ Th’ Cap’n must be in agreement.

  8. July 30, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    I like yer style, Queen o’ Th’Surf Pirates – an’ yer twin girls be sweet as kumiss. Done an’ done.

    My, my…after this what is left but World Domination, Me Sweets?

  9. July 30, 2007 at 7:56 pm

    It’s sad to hear that the people died because of the incident.

  10. July 30, 2007 at 9:14 pm

    I’d be remiss, though the deaths be tragic, not to point out that, were I there, I’d at least I’d die drunk! 8^D

  11. July 30, 2007 at 9:19 pm

    I once supped in a public house built inside a great whopper o’ a beer keg. T’was when I made port in Amsterdam. The victuals was fine an the beer hearty an plentiful. No wanderin’ pirate could ask fer more I reckon.

  12. July 30, 2007 at 11:32 pm

    Me miss the dark shadow of the Cap’n on my doorstep–I’s up to needin’ two daily doses:)

  13. July 31, 2007 at 9:00 am

    There are worse ways to die methinks.

  14. 15 Rose
    October 16, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    Yes it did happen. You can read the original news reports at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/archiveblog

  15. 16 scower pill
    February 24, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    It is true


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