Morania Fire
Morania #130 was a 4000-ton, 120 feet (37 m) freight barge which operated on the Great Lakes. On October 29, 1951, it was carrying 800,000 US gallons (3,000,000 L; 670,000 imp gal) of gasoline, when it was pushed by the diesel tug M/V Dauntless #12 into the path of the 454-foot (138-meter) steamer Penobscot – which was proceeding seaward empty after unloading grain at Buffalo, New York[1] – on the Buffalo River. When the steamer backed away, a spark ignited the gasoline aboard the barge, resulting in a fire[2] which killed 11 sailors, including two from Penobscot.[3][4][1] The fire burned for several days as thousands of spectators watched.[2]
It was the worst marine disaster in Buffalo in the 20th century.[5][6]
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