Morro Castle Cruise Ship Fire

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Morro castle cruise ship fire. It was built for its New York to Havana cruises and made one round trip every week. Nothing could have been more terrifying than being a passenger or crew member aboard the Morro Castle in the early morning hours of September 7 1934 when fire erupted in two places on the 508 long 11250 gross tons of elegant ship. On September 8 1934 just hours after her captain died of a heart attack the passenger ship SS Morro Castle caught fire off the coast of New Jersey while sailing from Havana to New York City.

The beached SS Morro Castle. The SS Morro Castle Fire The Morro Castle ship was built in 1930 and was named for the Morro Castle fortress that guards the entrance to Havana Bay. 8 a fire broke out in a.

Chief Officer William Warms took command as the Morro Castle continued steaming through increasingly high seas. 1934 SS Morro Castle. SHIP FIRE AND RESCUE TO BE REMEMBERED AT SGL.

The Morro Castle eventually drifted towards Convention Hall. The fire could have been contained if the crew had used fire. Yarmouth Castle was built in 1927 in Philadelphia by the William.

Captain William Warms elevated to the position after the mysterious death of Captain Robert Willmott on September 4 1934 did just that. SS Yarmouth Castle built as Evangeline was an American steamship whose loss in a disastrous fire in 1965 prompted new laws regarding safety at sea. The idea was that Rogers had perhaps poisoned Wilmott and then started the fire on the ship for reasons unknown but investigators could find no motive and no hard evidence for it so he was never arrested in connection with the death of Wilmott or the disaster.

Complete as a 4 page newspaper small binding holes in the blank spine nice. Liner SS Morro Castle burns. The blaze which originated in a mattress placed near an electrical switch in an overheated storage room stocked with flammable products led to the deaths of 88 passengers and two crew members.