Survivors of Noronic Fire Fill Toronto Hospitals
Nightclothed survivors crowded city hospitals in Toronto after the Noronic disaster. Identification was difficult as many fled with nothing. First identified was Anita Macer of Cleveland with severe burns. In all, 14 taken to St Michael's operating room and 37 admitted to General Hospital with many minor burns.
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Toronto
Noronic
Anita Macer
Cleveland
St. Michael's Hospital
Herbert and
Ethel Connell
Twinsburg
Ohio
Beatrice Clapperton
Chester
W. Va
Myrtle Pipher
Pittsburgh
Kathleen Rottgen
Harold Anderson
Kayogh Falls
Audry Myers
Baltimore
Hiltin Beck
Detroit
H. W. Chalfant
Kenneth and
Jane Meiser
Toledo
Dr. Coan
Sydney Butcher
Windsor
Be a Be a VA Reveals Formula For 16,000,000 GIs
The Veterans Administration released a formula to estimate life insurance dividends for about 16 million World War II veterans. The top possible monthly dividend is $528 for under 41 year olds with $10,000 policies held since 1940. Dividends are paid for term and converted policies, not taxed, with application required and 12 million already filed.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
National Service
Ship Fire Ends on Page One After Night of Smoke
Survivors describe a chaotic peril as flames shot 100 feet above all sections of the vessel. Crews searched the burning liner for hours, passengers fled in night clothes, and some slid ropes to safety while looting reports surfaced. An aerial ladder collapsed dumping six into the water. Among survivors were five who owe their lives to swift action.
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Havana
Morro Castle
Red Cross asks relatives to contact local chapters over Noronic
Washington AP reports the American Red Cross urged relatives of Noronic passengers to route inquiries through local Red Cross chapters. Ohio and Michigan chapters were told to wire inquiries to the Canadian Red Cross in Toronto. The Canadian Red Cross said its survivors registry is swamped by long distance calls and urged processing through U S chapters to speed the investigation.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Noronic
Red Cross
Ohio
Michigan
Canadian Red Cross
Wellesly Street
Toronto
United States
Descriptive Fire Scene Aboard Stricken Ship
Edwin Feeney reports from Toronto as fire consumes a Great Lakes vessel. Firemen rally passengers to safety amid flames closing in, including a dramatic rescue of five by the deck ladder. Survivor accounts praise Captain William Taylor as flames engulf the bridge and railing gives way, with his dive to the water described as a flawless swan dive.
Night Fire on Noronic Hull Leaves Grim Remains
Eye witnesses describe the charred wreckage aboard the Noronic with melted glass, bent steel, and scorched mattresses. Fire Chief Art Smith reports victims in every position as priests tend debris and couples found in a final embrace amid the ballroom ruins.
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Noronic
Art Smith
St. Michael’s Cathedral
Vincent Foy
Bernard Kyte
Chief Smith
Phoenix crash injures three near A2th Street and Henshaw Road
Three people were treated at St. Monica's Hospital after a midnight collision at A2th Street and Henshaw Road. Gabriel Apodaca Jr. 9 suffered a head injury, Nieves Apodaca 32 a fractured vertebra, and Jack Ruiz 10 a scalp wound and injured ankle. Drivers were Apodaca Sr. and Lynn Gibson 27.
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A2th Street
Henshaw Road
Gabriel Apodaca, Jr
Nieves Apodaca
East Monroe Street
Jack Ruiz
South 11Th Street
Arizona State Highway Patrol
Apodaca
Lynn Gibson
East Jefferson Road
Wife's Coughing Keeps Her Awake Saves Pair
Victor Stubbings recounts a shipboard fire near Toronto where a coughing wife woke him to warn others. An orchestra member guided passengers to the lone exit as chaos unfurled, with a ladder collapse and a frantic evacuation. The couple saved only a small handbag and their few clothes for the start of his final college year.
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Wife
Endurance Plane Reaches Record Flight Time
In Yuma on September 17 the endurance plane City of Yuma recovered an engine problem after a cylinder miss. The engine was cooled by water and sped up, allowing pilots Bob Woodhouse and Woody Jongeward to resume flight. They had been aloft 564 hours as they chase the 1,008 hour record.
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Yuma
City of
Bob Woodhouse
Woody Jongeward
Rail unions strike action narrows to Missouri Pacific targets
Five strikers direct pickets to focus on the Missouri Pacific Railroad while avoiding Cotton Belt and Gulf Mobile and Ohio tracks. Cotton Belt trains were halted but GM and O freights pushed through lines. Goodrich Rubber offers expanded benefits to end 20 day CIO strike by 17 000 workers. wage demand remains 25 cents. Oak Ridge atomic lab workers to vote on settlement terms after threats to strike over pay. Wisconsin mediators face multiple disputes including Fairbanks Morse Beloit request amid potential Milwaukee Gas and Light strike and CIO Steel workers talks.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad
Cotton Belt
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
G. M
Missouri Pacific
Goodrich Rubber Company
CIO Rubber
Atomic Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Three Probes To Be Made Into Disaster
A Toronto ship disaster on the Noronic triggers three investigations. The Transport Department orders Capt. W N Morrison to lead a preliminary probe, Capt. Sam Hill heads a second inquiry by the Toronto Fire Marshal’s Department, and Chief Coroner Smirle Lawson leads the third into the first 71 recovered bodies.
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Toronto
Noronic
Ottawa
Transport Department
W. N. Morrison
Sam Hill
Smirle Lawson
Death toll list from Noronic disaster names several victims
The latest death list from the Noronic disaster names Mrs Eunice Dietrich of Cleveland Ohio Mrs Pearl Brickell of South Bend Indiana Mrs Blanche Farragher of Youngstown Ohio and Walter George Haag of Cleveland Ohio among the confirmed dead.
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Eunice Dietrich
Cleveland
Ohio
Are Pearl Brickell
South Bend
Ind
Blanche Farragher
Youngstown
Walter George Haag
Goat Eats Money With Fatal Toll On Farmer Farm
In Saventhem Belgium on September 17 the local farmer Auguste Schet ske reports his goat ate his wallet containing 900 francs. He killed the animal to recover what remained. The farmer recovered 620 francs with 280 francs lost to digestion.
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Saventham
Belgium
Auguste Schetske
Schetzke
Stolen Kiss Brings Fine in New Westminster
Wilfred Lewis aged 23 of Maillardville B C was fined 250 for stealing a kiss from a stranger. A Swiss music box in gold fetched 9000 at a Christie's sale in London.
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New Westminster
Wilfred Lewis
Maillardville
B. C
Christte’s
London
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Pat) Turner
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Chicago Herald- American
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