From collection National Fisherman Collection
LB2012.15.10590
Men on the stern of a large ship fighting a fire. " Men from the Coast Guard cutter POINT SAL help fight the blaze as it reaches the deckhouse of the West German freighter NORDHAFF, 100 miles south of New Orleans, in the Gulf of Mexico. The fire started in the engine room, killing one and injuring four other crewmen, after the freighter left New Orleans with a cargo of soybeans bound for France." [no NF ref]
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LB2012.15.10590
1971
