Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people.

SS Morro Castle (1930)

American ocean liner

SS Morro Castle was an American ocean liner that caught fire and ran aground on the morning of September 8, 1934, en route from Havana, then part of the Republic of Cuba, to New York City, United States, with the loss of 137 passengers and crew.