Tag: Oct 1943

The ship’s dog, rescued from the tanker accident, is taken in by a Fort Lauderdale veterinarian. [Photo] (31 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: B

Victims from the tanker accident are buried at sea. [Photos] (27 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

Human body parts, possibly from a victim of the tanker accident, are found in a 14 foot leopard shark caught off Miami. [Photo] (26 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

Miami pioneer Eugene Earl Monfort, a Miami resident since 1898, dies. [Photo] (25 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 2, Section: B

The Quarterdeck Club is sold. [Photo] (24 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 3, Section: D

Oil experts warn that salt water seepage is a serious threat to oil drilling in the Everglades. [Photos] (24 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: B

Two tankers collide off the Florida coast [Lake Worth inlet], survivors land at West Palm Beach. One tanker [Gulfbelle] is towed to a port, the other [Gulfland] drifts 20 miles north and grounds on top of a sunken freighter [Republic] which was torpedoed early in the war. [Photo] [More photos on page 4B.] [Daniel and Denise Berg, Florida Shipwrecks, (East Rockaway, N. Y.: Aqua Explorers, Inc., 1991)] (24 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A

Miami pioneer George Romfh, a resident since 1896, dies. (18 Oct 1943)

Newspapers: Miami Morning News or The Miami Herald

Page: 1, Section: A