# A Night of Terror: The SS Noronic Fire

An episode of [Canadian History Ehx](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1437838013), 27 May 2025, 25 min.

Audio: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU5080740556.mp3?updated=1748026814

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. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 *sources* • 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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