SS Morro Castle: The Fire That Changed Ships Forever

Sponsored by Curiosity Stream: Use the link https://curiositystream.com/BigOldBoats to get Curiosity Stream for only $14.99 for the whole year! On the night of September 7th, 1934, a fire broke out on the Ward Line's luxury ocean liner the SS Morro Castle. The cause of the fire remains a mystery to this day, though many suspect arson. Over the next several hours passengers and crew were forced to fight for their lives as the ship burned around them, changing ocean travel forever. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigoldboats Sources: Gretchen F. Coyle and Deborah C. Whitcraft: Inferno At Sea: Stories of Death and Survival Aboard the Morro Castle NYTimes Archive https://njmaritimemuseum.org/events/presentations/morro-castle https://mashable.com/feature/morro-castle-disaster https://www.garemaritime.com/morro-castle-victims https://themorrocastle.wordpress.com Video: Getty Images - Sherman Grinberg Library Prelinger Archives US National Archives Internet Archive US Library of Congress Music provided by Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/hdulva/ Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:40 Deadly Facades 7:08 The “Heart Attack” 10:48 The Fire 13:26 The Passengers 18:12 The Rescue 21:22 Making Sense of Chaos