by Tom Soter | Jan 7, 2020 | Articles, Magazines 1970-1979
Oil Tanker Fire The ship was longer than three football stadiums lined end to end. She was valued at $45 million and carried 270,000 tons of hazardous crude oil. Her name was the Atlantic Empress and when she collided with the Aegean Captain, another fully laden...
by Tom Soter | Jan 7, 2020 | Articles, Magazines 1970-1979
Bowery Church Fire On July 27, 1978, Manhattan Borough Commander John J. Fogarty faced a difficult fire at the 179-year old Episcopal Church, St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery, a New York City landmark that is the oldest site of continuous worship in the city. The fire...