Accident or Arson? The Morro Castle fire of 1934

In 1934, the Ward Line operated a popular cruise service between New York and Havana. For four years, passengers enjoyed a legal loophole to Prohibition by drinking in international waters, but the crew was overworked and underpaid. And when the the charred and ruined hull came to rest on a sandbar just 100 yards from Asbury Park, many had to wonder: was it an accident? Or arson?

Sources:
"The Night the Dancing Stopped", Brian Hicks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morr...)
https://www.garemaritime.com/morro-ca...
https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/ss-...
https://jerseyshorescene.com/the-morr...
https://mashable.com/feature/morro-ca...
https://weirdnj.com/weird-news/morro-...

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