{"id":11566,"date":"2018-05-14T07:09:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T11:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=11566"},"modified":"2018-05-14T12:14:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T16:14:23","slug":"the-noronic-disaster-of-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-noronic-disaster-of-1949\/","title":{"rendered":"the Noronic disaster of 1949"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Noronic Fire Toronto 1949<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. In 1913, the CSL commissioned a new passenger ship, the SS Noronic<\/a>. The ship was built in Port Arthur, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) at the lakehead (western shore of Lake Superior in Canada). On a fateful day in September 1949, the ship embarked from Detroit, MI on a seven day pleasure cruise of Lake Ontario. The ship docked at pier 9 in Toronto the evening of the 16th. In the early hours 0f September 17th, 1949, smoke from a fire on board was spotted by a passenger and the alarm raised.<\/p>\n

Over 100 passengers died that terrible night<\/a>. Estimates range from 118 to 139 deaths – the number never determined with any precision. One of the first photographers on the scene was Nelson Quarrington of the Toronto Telegram<\/a>. \u00a0His photograph made the LIFE magazine’s September 26, 1949 issue – on the newsstands about a week later. The Noronic never sailed again – or left city under its own steam.<\/p>\n

My thanks to George Dunbar who reminded me of this disaster that shook our city when I was a chid of 12. We always bought the Telegram in those days so the disaster story and pictures arrived at our home promptly that Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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