New Cross house fire

rdf:langString New Cross house fire

rdf:langString * Andrew Gooding, age 14 * Rosaline Henry, age 16 * Patrick Cummings, age 16 * Patricia Johnson, age 15 * Owen Thompson, age 16 * Lloyd Hall, age 20 * Humphrey Brown, age 18 * Steve Collins, age 17 * Gerry Francis, age 17 * Peter Campbell, age 18 * Glenton Powell, age 16 * Yvonne Ruddock, age 16 * Paul Ruddock, age 22

rdf:langString New Cross Road, New Cross, south-east, London, United Kingdom

rdf:langString Fire

rdf:langString The New Cross house fire was a fire that occurred during a party at a house in New Cross, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 1981. The blaze killed 13 young black people aged between 14 and 22, and one survivor took his own life two years later. No one has ever been charged in connection with the fire, which forensic science subsequently established started inside the house. Inquests into the deaths were held in 1981 and 2004. Both inquests recorded open verdicts. In the immediate aftermath of the fire, a New Cross Massacre Action Committee (NCMAC) was set up, chaired by John La Rose, which organised a "Black People's Day of Action" on 2 March 1981, when some 20,000 people marched over a period of eight hours through London, carrying placards that bore statements including: "13 Dead, Nothing Said".