Morro Castle Cruise Ship Fire

MORRO CASTLE AFTERMATH - Further pictures taken on board ill-fated linerNew Jersey United States of America USAFire destroys America.

Morro castle cruise ship fire. The Ward Line luxury liner had left port from Havana Cuba three days before running into some rough weather along the way. The cruise ship Morro Castle on the 174 th return voyage from Havana to New York never reached her destination dropping anchor several miles off Sea Girt as a fire of suspicious origin raced through the ship September 8 1934. 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.

The ship was the second of two identical ships built by the William Cramp Sons Ship and Engine Building Company for the Eastern Steamship Lines for service on the New York Yarmouth Nova Scotia route. 8 a fire broke out in a. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.

The fire could have been contained if the crew had used fire. 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. Shortly after the tragedy the aforementioned.

Her final journey began on September 5th 1934. On September 8 1934 the cruise ship caught fire on route to New York City. It was built for its New York to Havana cruises and made one round trip every week.

The Morro Castle eventually drifted towards Convention Hall. 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. The luxury cruise ship SS Morro Castle burning at sea in 1934.

Mervyn Bregstein 8 Cruise Ship Fire SS Morro Castle Passenger September 8 1934 Time of Death 250-600. Just hours after Captain Robert Willmott had been found dead in his stateroom of strange circumstances. The bodies of men women and children littered the waters churning around the rapidly burning and soon smoldering remains of the SS Morro Castle on the early morning of Saturday September 8 1934.