Ka cika wannan jumla: Ginin ya kuma zama cibiyar ba da agaji ga mutanen yankin a lokatai da yawa. A ranar 19 ga Janairu, 1917, wani masana'antar kamfanin sinadarai Brunner, Mond & Co a Silvertown ya fashe, ya kashe mutane 69 a wurin, ya jikkata wasu 98 da yawa, 4 daga cikinsu suka mutu daga baya, tare da wasu mutane 1,000 da suka sami raunuka kaɗan. Fashewar Silvertown ta haifar da babbar lalacewa a cikin gundumar, kusan gidaje 70,000 sun lalace, suna korar yawan mazauna. Gidan taron jama'a ya buɗe ƙofofinsa kuma ya ba da abinci, masauki, da tufafi ga waɗanda suka rasa gidajensu. A watan Fabrairun 1953, Thames ya mamaye yankin Canning Town da Custom House, an san shi da
Ambaliyar Tekun Arewa ta 1953. An kiyasta gidaje 1,500 sun lalace; 105 Barking Road ya sake samar da masauki na wucin gadi ga wadanda abin ya shafa.