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Title
Survives
fire
on
Brazilian
ship
at
sea
Publisher
New
York
:
Acme
Newspictures
,
Inc.
,
1946
Physical Description
1 photograph : black and white ; 23 x 18 cm
Summary
"
Rio
de
Janeiro
,
Brazil--A
tearful
wife
greets
her
husband
,
survivor
of the
fire
aboard
the
Duque
de
Caxias
,
after
he
landed
at a
dock
in
Rio
de
Janeiro
following
his
rescue
.
Seventeen
passengers
and
one
crew
member
of the
ship
,
Brazil's
largest
passenger
liner
,
died
in the
fire
which
swept
the
vessel
early
July
31
.
More
than
1000
survivors
were
landed
at
Rio
de
Janeiro
. The
fire
broke
out
at
dawn
in the
engine
room
of the
6,937
-ton
ship
,
reportedly
because
of
oil
spillage
on the
boilers
.
It
spread
quickly
to the
passengers
'
quarters
,
causing
wide
panic.
"
Notes
Title
and
summary
from
news
agency
copy
attached
to
verso.
;
Acme
Newspictures
stamp
on
verso.
; "
806633...New
York
Bureau.
"; "
Credit
(Acme)
8/6/46.
"
LC Subject Headings
Ships--Fires and fire prevention.
Ocean liners.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Type
Photographic prints--1940-1950
Time Period
Mid 20th Century (1946-1960)
Added Entry
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)
Call #
PHOTO
01357
Item #
701449
OCLC number
905494685
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