About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0570
  • TitleBurning freighter searched for bodies
  • SummaryListing freighter with smoke coming from deck; two smaller boats at right. Caption: "Burning freighter searched for bodies: The New York and Cuba Mail Line freighter Panuco, set afire while tied to pier at foot of Columbia St. yesterday, still ablaze early this afternoon as firemen went on board to carry off charred bodies of victims. Note tug and police boat along side at right. Panuco is about a half mile off shore."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 12 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 19, 1941; "Eagle Staff photo."
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cargo ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Fires: Waterfront