Sean, you are so appreciated. This is the quality content that makes traditional TV and cable tv shiver... or maybe I overestimate the average viewer. Nonetheless, bravo!
I'm so glad you covered this one. In the early days of cable TV, I saw a compelling documentary about the Morro Castle on HBO, I think it was. I'd never heard of this incident, and the eerie image of the ghostly death ship towering over the Jersey shoreline stayed with me. Since then, I've tried to find it several times without success. Now I can stop looking for it. Thanks!
The irony of the Oceangate “disaster tourism” is not lost on us. I’d be satisfied enjoying the sight of the beautiful and mysterious deep sea creatures. Its nice that academics like Sean, share their insights for us to consider. Hi everyone from your friends in distant Australia!
This story is amazing! 19:22 I am watching it again. The tourism part is so funny to me. What an interesting case. I’ve never heard of it before this video today …
Hey Sean, just bought your book. Really appreciate your professional and objective content. One thing struck me about what the captain said. I think we have all accidentally eaten something that has turned. That being said most of us can tell if we have ingested something more potent. Just my tinfoil hat thought for the day. Cheers
Well, as scary as being inside a huge ship that is rapidly turning into an inferno sounds, when you finally step onto the shore and are told you are in Asbury Park, you might just be tempted to climb back aboard.
Yes, this is, my first time. Excellent, history channel👍!!!! And a good subject, for that milestone, too. This is the most informative, detailed account, of The 'Morro Castle' disaster, I've ever come across👍👏!!! One thing though; you said a 'noreaster' brewed up, on that Friday, September 6th. But, if it was September, that wouldn't of been a 'noreaster', but a 'tropical storm'. Tropical storm season, dates from June 1st, through November 1st. Anytime after that, till May 31st, is a noreaster. That's how those, are defined. And I live on, the South Jersey coast. Big wooden hotels in gothic, and wedding cake styles??? That sounds scary, and sweet😏. We just call it 'Victorian' (like in Cape May). For all practicability purposes, George Rogers, was your man.
Hello Sean - I'm writing a book about a freighter that sailed for the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company (WARD Line) from May-September 1920. Do you know where I can get a primary source (cargo manifest, newspaper article, journal article) of what cargo was being sent from New York to Cuba during that period of time? Thanks
"George Bush was a politician" is quite an understatement. What a slimy sleezeball. He definitely used "summer" as a verb haha Great video! Thank you for your great work!
Sure do wonder why, when the smoke was first noticed, wasn't the fire suppression system turned on? Then again, maybe it wouldn't have mattered; with the ship steaming into the wind, the fire was fanned beyond control. Also, isn't this the wreck where the crew did try to fight the fire with hoses but they were rotted and ruined, hence ineffective? or perhaps I've gotten this wreck confused with another. In any case, well done. I'm in agreement with you - I think it was the radio operator!
My understanding is that the fire control system, at least as it applied to the hold area, was deliberately switched off because the captain believed it was transmitting bad odors into the passenger areas. Yes, this was a disaster in which fire hoses disintegrated, but not the only such instance. That also happened in the General Slocum disaster of June 1904. I also believe similar conditions were encountered in the Yarmouth Castle disaster of November 1965. It's depressing that this happened over and over again.
@@SeanMunger Thx for the reply - yes, I noted you mentioned the bad odors angle, but I'm talking about *after* the fire had started. One would have thought that, at that time, it would have ben turned on... Yes! The Yarmouth Castle! that's the wreck I was thinking of - what a story, + heroes!
Okay, it took me about 30 min to find this. Sean Munger has super good history reports. I am new to searching on you tube. Can someone guide me? I wish to follow all of Sean's investigations. Is there a search box somewhere? Thanks in advance to anyone who helps me.
At least the acting captain was the last one to leave unlike the Concordia whose captain left first, abandoned ship, didn’t help and was finally jailed bc he caused the crash, etc., etc., etc. I see you do not have a video on Concordia. I would be interested to see one from you. Internet historian’s on Concordia is great.
Sean perhaps you should join forces with Erik Larson and give this ship a fitting send-off. (Plus it'll all-but assure you that Hollywood will come to you when it's time to pen the script)
I can’t believe there are people who don’t think it was George White Rogers but rather the Cubans. His later history even more shows he was the most likely culprit.
What was news to me was that the guerilla fighting was already active. This got me speculating if there was any interaction between Cuban freedom fighters and 2nd Republic Spain.
"It seems ghoulish that the first thought of people from Asbury Park was how can I profit from this?" but this is America, and profiting from deadly tragedies is just the system behaving normally. Sorry, I might have read too much Kropotkin, and my brain is broken.
Sidebar : no offense intended when I mention this, I often don't appreciate what corners or shades my sense of humour tends to call home.......but........with that many 'carefree' passengers......and with a presumably large supply of 'carefree sauce' aboard ship.......it's not a scenario I'd want to find myself wanting a cigarette.......unless already seated in the lifeboat with what I assume would look like a boxy Mae West and my summer sailing suit (only 5 layers of wool) 👍
I am surprised I have never heard of this. What a great movie this would make! Nicely presented!
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, this story would be quite an exciting movie.
@@SeanMunger Love your channel Sean!
Sean, you are so appreciated. This is the quality content that makes traditional TV and cable tv shiver... or maybe I overestimate the average viewer. Nonetheless, bravo!
I'm so glad you covered this one. In the early days of cable TV, I saw a compelling documentary about the Morro Castle on HBO, I think it was. I'd never heard of this incident, and the eerie image of the ghostly death ship towering over the Jersey shoreline stayed with me. Since then, I've tried to find it several times without success. Now I can stop looking for it. Thanks!
Great stuff! I've been going through your backlog and they're all terrific
Very interesting. I love history, and I've never heard of the Morro Castle.
Would you consider covering the Wahine disaster? Recently NZ has had a lat of issues with modern ferries breaking down on the same route!
I had never heard of this disaster until now. Excellent content as always Sean.
Hey Sean. You are a great storyteller and historian.
The irony of the Oceangate “disaster tourism” is not lost on us.
I’d be satisfied enjoying the sight of the beautiful and mysterious deep sea creatures.
Its nice that academics like Sean, share their insights for us to consider.
Hi everyone from your friends in distant Australia!
Well done... thank you. Agreed the story should be made into a movie all these years later... even with the expected cinematic license ✌️
This story is amazing! 19:22 I am watching it again. The tourism part is so funny to me.
What an interesting case. I’ve never heard of it before this video today …
I really enjoy your videos thanks very much for the content
My mother saw it as a child, so I don’t think of the Morro Castle as obscure. I grew up hearing about it.
Ask her to leave a comment
Hey Sean, just bought your book. Really appreciate your professional and objective content.
One thing struck me about what the captain said. I think we have all accidentally eaten something that has turned. That being said most of us can tell if we have ingested something more potent. Just my tinfoil hat thought for the day. Cheers
Ships and fires are always a bad combination.
Love this channel!
Well, as scary as being inside a huge ship that is rapidly turning into an inferno sounds, when you finally step onto the shore and are told you are in Asbury Park, you might just be tempted to climb back aboard.
Wow. Never knew this!! Sean, you should consider being a contributor to making a movie!!
Yes, this is, my first time. Excellent, history channel👍!!!! And a good subject, for that milestone, too. This is the most informative, detailed account, of The 'Morro Castle' disaster, I've ever come across👍👏!!! One thing though; you said a 'noreaster' brewed up, on that Friday, September 6th. But, if it was September, that wouldn't of been a 'noreaster', but a 'tropical storm'. Tropical storm season, dates from June 1st, through November 1st. Anytime after that, till May 31st, is a noreaster. That's how those, are defined. And I live on, the South Jersey coast. Big wooden hotels in gothic, and wedding cake styles??? That sounds scary, and sweet😏. We just call it 'Victorian' (like in Cape May).
For all practicability purposes, George Rogers, was your man.
Very interesting!
This sounds like it might be the basis for the ship fire in The Usual Suspects
Awesome!!!
I'm an Asbury park native and thus is the first time heating this disaster happened
Hello Sean - I'm writing a book about a freighter that sailed for the New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company (WARD Line) from May-September 1920. Do you know where I can get a primary source (cargo manifest, newspaper article, journal article) of what cargo was being sent from New York to Cuba during that period of time? Thanks
"George Bush was a politician" is quite an understatement. What a slimy sleezeball. He definitely used "summer" as a verb haha
Great video! Thank you for your great work!
Sure do wonder why, when the smoke was first noticed, wasn't the fire suppression system turned on?
Then again, maybe it wouldn't have mattered; with the ship steaming into the wind, the fire was fanned beyond control. Also, isn't this the wreck where the crew did try to fight the fire with hoses but they were rotted and ruined, hence ineffective? or perhaps I've gotten this wreck confused with another.
In any case, well done. I'm in agreement with you - I think it was the radio operator!
My understanding is that the fire control system, at least as it applied to the hold area, was deliberately switched off because the captain believed it was transmitting bad odors into the passenger areas. Yes, this was a disaster in which fire hoses disintegrated, but not the only such instance. That also happened in the General Slocum disaster of June 1904. I also believe similar conditions were encountered in the Yarmouth Castle disaster of November 1965. It's depressing that this happened over and over again.
@@SeanMunger Thx for the reply - yes, I noted you mentioned the bad odors angle, but I'm talking about *after* the fire had started. One would have thought that, at that time, it would have ben turned on...
Yes! The Yarmouth Castle! that's the wreck I was thinking of - what a story, + heroes!
Okay, it took me about 30 min to find this. Sean Munger has super good history reports. I am new to searching on you tube. Can someone guide me? I wish to follow all of Sean's investigations. Is there a search box somewhere? Thanks in advance to anyone who helps me.
Scary.
love your video
13:12 gosh, it sounds like everything was wrong! Respect the elements, respect nature. Omg. 13:51
At least the acting captain was the last one to leave unlike the Concordia whose captain left first, abandoned ship, didn’t help and was finally jailed bc he caused the crash, etc., etc., etc. I see you do not have a video on Concordia. I would be interested to see one from you. Internet historian’s on Concordia is great.
New subscriber 😊
Please do a video about the MV Joyita!
I don’t understand how the entire interior could be incinerated.
Sean perhaps you should join forces with Erik Larson and give this ship a fitting send-off.
(Plus it'll all-but assure you that Hollywood will come to you when it's time to pen the script)
I can’t believe there are people who don’t think it was George White Rogers but rather the Cubans. His later history even more shows he was the most likely culprit.
What was news to me was that the guerilla fighting was already active. This got me speculating if there was any interaction between Cuban freedom fighters and 2nd Republic Spain.
"It seems ghoulish that the first thought of people from Asbury Park was how can I profit from this?" but this is America, and profiting from deadly tragedies is just the system behaving normally.
Sorry, I might have read too much Kropotkin, and my brain is broken.
Sidebar : no offense intended when I mention this, I often don't appreciate what corners or shades my sense of humour tends to call home.......but........with that many 'carefree' passengers......and with a presumably large supply of 'carefree sauce' aboard ship.......it's not a scenario I'd want to find myself wanting a cigarette.......unless already seated in the lifeboat with what I assume would look like a boxy Mae West and my summer sailing suit (only 5 layers of wool) 👍