MAJOR INCIDENTS IN THE
PORT OF LOS ANGELES

LIST OF MAJOR INCIDENTS
1941 to 1982
"Dispatch All Boats"
"Wharf Fire - Berth 75
by Paul Ditzel
THE FIREMEN'S  GRAPEVINE, March, 1989
Zim Montreal
Fire aboard a Container Ship
Battalion Commanders, Battalion 6,
December 31, 1981
Coal Ship Fires: Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach
Battalion Commanders, Battalion 6,
September-December 1981
M.S. Kartini
Coal Fire aboard Bulk Carrier
Battalion Commanders, Battalion 6,
September 9, 1981
S.S. Sansinena
Tank Ship Explosion and Fire
December 17, 1976
GATX Tank Farm Fire
August 8, 1972
Motor Ship Pontos
Metal Turnings Fire
June 16, 1970
R.M.S. Loch Avon
Boiler Room fire aboard a Cargo Ship
December 6, 1963
Tale of Two Tankers
WEEKLY BULLETIN,
June 25, 1963
Chronological Report of Fire
Aboard The S.S. China Transport

THE FIREMEN'S GRAPEVINE
December 1948
S.S. Markay
Tank Ship Explosion and Fire
By Harold M. Inlow,
July 22, 1947
Pier Blaze Gives Trouble
Boat No. 2 Has a Hectic Day

By William R. Goss
THE FIREMEN'S GRAPE VINE
January, 1946
Explosion at Berth 223
By Bill Goss,
October 21, 1944
Lumber Schooner S. S. Sierra
Fire aboard a lumber schooner.
March 3, 1926
Steam Ship Ada Hancock
Explosion
April 27, 1863

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