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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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Object NumberTSPA_0014272F
Explosion was heard four miles away when the freighter Milverton, shown here, under its former name Coteaudoc, and the tanker Translake collided in St(...)
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Fear the canadian freighter Novadoc has gone down with her crew is held by the U
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