No. 11 shed, Royal Victoria Dock, following Silvertown explosion

Photograph showing the remains of no. 11 shed, Royal Victoria Dock, following Silvertown explosion. Taken by John H Avery on 25 January 1917.

Shed 11 had a capacity of 700 tons, an area of 13,000 square feet, and was put out of commission by fire caused by the Silvertown explosion.

Miss Kramer, age 28, a mill hand employed at Vernons, of 145 Lambert Road, Custom House, was extricated from the debris at the end of No11 Shed by Vernon Charles Roberts, boatman, Southern Department, who conveyed her across the Dock in his boat to the Victoria Dock Police Office where she received "First Aid"