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A Night of Terror: The SS Noronic Fire

· 25 min

Episode A Night of Terror: The SS Noronic Fire

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When the SS Noronic docked at Pier 9 in Toronto Harbour on Sept. 16, 1949, no one expected by the next day that 118 people would be dead and the ship would be a charred husk.

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• Moore Museum: https://mooremuseum.ca/a-violently-vanished-landmark-and-its-local-victims/ • Ontario Heritage Trust: https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/plaques/noronic-disaster • Toronto Star: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/once-upon-a-city-the-day-the-s-s-noronic-turned-toronto-s-waterfront-into/article_27f010c5-4892-5777-8914-524a3a881782.html • TVO: https://www.tvo.org/article/the-sky-was-a-mass-of-flames-75-years-ago-toronto-harbour-saw-one-of-canadas-deadliest-fires • Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto-feature-noronic

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