1934 Cruise Ship Fire

SS MORRO CASTLE Cruise Ship FIRE Disaster off New Jersey Photo 1934 Newspaper.

1934 cruise ship fire. A fire is the major safety threat aboard a cruise ship. Additional images are located below the description Offered is an original historic collectible old newspaper. A fire broke out on the MSC cruise ship and it appears to be mid-ship on the starboard side.

The cause of the fire has not been determined. Mervyn Bregstein 8 Cruise Ship Fire SS Morro Castle Passenger September 8 1934 Time of Death 250-600. The team consist of 3-4 firefighting parties groups approximately 10 members each - mostly from the deck and engine departments - plumbers electricians fitters able seamen.

Joseph Bregstein were aboard the Ward Line. On September 8 1934 Mervyn Bregstein age 8 a student at Public School 185 in Brooklyn New York son of Brooklyn Doctor S. There were reports the ship had been struck by lightning and that the flames spread to the huge oil tanks of the liner causing them to leap through the ship with fearful speed.

A fire that broke out aboard a cruise ship moored at the Corfu Port Authority on. The ship was a regular booze cruise But in September 1934 the ship was returning from Cuba to New York when everything seemed to go wrong. On the morning of September 8 1934 en route from Havana to New York the ship caught fire and burned killing 137 passengers and crew members.

A Cruise Ship is ON FIRE. Below is a first-hand account of the incident filmed by one of the crew members onboard. 1500s 1600s 1700s.

However no injuries have been reported so far and there were no passengers on board. 12 April 1934 Ship Country Description Galatee France. The footage posted on social media seems to be near the lifeboats with think black smoke coming out.