“ 17th October 1814: At the Horse Shoe Brewery on Tottenham Court Road, a colossal vat containing 323,000 gallons of beer bursts. The ensuing tsunami of booze causes several nearby buildings to collapse, and results in 9 fatalities – including a dubious report of alcohol poisoning as one man supposedly attempts to stem the tide of beer by drinking it. The brewery would be taken to court over the accident, but the event (later known as the ‘London Beer Flood’) would be ruled to be an ‘act of God’
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