A Single Spark

Fire sweeps a tanker docked in
Wilmington, Delaware, killing seven

From the Chester Times, July 24, 1953
Pan Georgia Fire Blamed on Tugs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The skipper of the tanker Pan Georgia says the fire which swept the tanker and two tugboats last Thursday night taking eight lives may have started aboard one of the tugs.
Capt. Morgan A. Mazey, 36, appeared here yesterday before a Coast Guard Marine Board of Invesitgation.

Chester Times, July 24, 1953

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