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Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame
Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame

Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up, injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame

Date9/24/1947
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stricken freighter became inferno when fuel oil tanks blew up; injured skipper says Floating oil around Burning Freighter Milverton turned St. Lawrence river into sea of flame.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014272F
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