Fire fighters in a rowboat on their way to battle fires that began when the Markay oil tanker exploded in L.A. Harbor, Los Angeles, 1947

Title: Fire fighters in a rowboat on their way to battle fires that began when the Markay oil tanker exploded in L.A. Harbor, Los Angeles, 1947
Date Created: June 22, 1947
Date: 1947-06-22
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Fire fighters in a rowboat in L.A. Harbor on their way to battle fires that began when the Markay, an oil tanker owned by the Keystone Tankship Corp., exploded in the wee hours of the morning. The fire was fed by leaking gasoline and threatened at least five terminals in the harbor. At least 22 were injured and 9, possibly 12, people were killed. Damage was estimated at $10,000,000.

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Los Angeles Harbor (Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Harbors--California--Los Angeles
Explosions--California--Los Angeles
Disaster
Rowboats--American--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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