The Complete Story of the Morro Castle Disaster told in pictures... from beginning to the end

pamphlet

A fold-out pamphlet with a series of photos of the MORRO CASTLE before, during and after the disaster. Duplicate of 2020.39.38. On the back is a cross-section deck plan of the ship, showing how the fire spread. There is an address space on the back of one segment, suggesting you could use it as a postcard or mail the whole thing. The pamphlet is copyrighted 1934 by Lorenzo Harris. Strangely, the first photograph purports to be from Miami, Florida on September 6, 1934, "her last port call," but the MORRO CASTLE did not stop in Miami on that trip or most trips, traveling directly between New York and Havana. After the disaster, a newspaper in Miami ran an article noting that the ship had once visited Miami, in April 1934. The other photos are news photos that include an aerial image at sea with the fire burning, a close-up of the lifeboats that were never launched, and an image of the ship after it grounded at Asbury Park.