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May 16, 1968 - Part of block of flats collapses: Three people died and three are missing when disaster struck a new skyscraper block of council flats in Butchers Road, Canning Town, in London's dockland today. The entire south-east corner of the 23 storey building collapsed. The cause has not yet been established, but reports said there had been an explosion. Photo shows a rather incongruous sign on the gates to the flats showing the collapsed part of the building in background
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Butchers Canning Cause Collapsed Collapses Dockland Entire Established Flats Incongruous Rather Reports Skyscraper South-east Storey Struck
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