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	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: The Morro Castle, the Mohawk and the End of the Ward Line
		If the Morro Castle wasn't deliberately torched, then I would have to say that some freaky accident beat somebody to the punch, and there were a lot of parties who had a reason to do it.
		Continuing with the thought- although there is much evidence that Rogers was a sociopath, and that he blew up a police station; poisoned a water cooler in a factory; beat an elderly family to death, and stalked and threatened a female co-worker with death, that all took place AFTER the fire, commencing in 1938.
		But- food for thought- the Morro Castle was heavily booked on that voyage, yet the entire block of eight suites forward of the Writing Room on B Deck was empty.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/112929/112968.html (952 words)

	Morro Castle - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		MORRO CASTLE [Morro Castle], fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba.
		Morro Castle was captured by the British under Sir George Pocock in 1762.
		Morro Castle on the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is also a picturesque old Spanish fort.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-morrocas.html (346 words)

	Morro Castle (fortress) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (or Morro Castle) is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba.
		The castle, named after the biblical Magi, was later captured by the British in 1762.
		Morro Castle in Havana is not to be confused with other structures with similar names in Santiago de Cuba and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morro_Castle_(fortress) (482 words)

	Castle Concrete Corporation
		Castle Concrete Corporation was founded in 1989 by René Carrasquillo, a Certified Professional Structural Engineer with 35 years of experience in concrete construction.
		Castle Concrete Corporation is a family owned business, operated by René Carrasquillo Sr., as it’s president and his two sons, René T. and Marcos as Field Operations Managers and daughter, Tania in Office Management.
		Castle Concrete Corporation was established with the purpose of offering, within the State of Connecticut, concrete construction services with the highest degree of efficiency, expertise and professionalism, which is so important and needed in this industry.
	www.castleconcretecorp.com (143 words)

	The Naked Truth about Literature and Life: The Morro Castle
		Designed for the popular New York to Havana route, the Morro Castle and her sister ship, the Oriente, were the largest and most luxurious Ward Liners ever built.
		The MORRO CASTLE arrived at Pier 13 in New York on August 17, where the large part of her furniture, silver, china, and linens was brought aboard.
		Before he was sent to prison, Rogers was questioned about the Morro Castle and suggested the suspiciously imaginative idea that the fire was started by an incendiary fountain pen, rigged with a delayed-action device, which had been left in the writing room.
	www.nakedauthors.com /2006/08/morro-castle.html (2859 words)

	USA CUBA TRAVEL: A Destination & Travel Guide to Museums and Art Galleries of Havana, Cuba.
		Morro Castle is, in itself, a museum piece that reveals the solutions of renaissance architecture as they were applied to military strategy.
		Inside the castle, there are two theme rooms focusing on the history of navigation in Havana Harbor.
		The impressive view from Morro Castle and La Cabaña takes in the entire harbor along with the skyline of the city.
	www.usacubatravel.com /cuoldartmorro.htm (307 words)

	Morro Castle — FactMonster.com
		Morro Castle was captured by the British under Sir George Pocock in 1762.
		The fort at the entrance to the harbor of Santiago de Cuba is also called Morro Castle and was built shortly after the Morro Castle of Havana.
		Morro Castle on the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, is also a picturesque old Spanish fort.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0834115.html (190 words)

	BHC0408 : The Capture of Havana, 1762: The Morro Castle and ...
		Havana was guarded by the elevated Morro Castle which commanded both the town and the entrance to its fine harbour.
		The Morro Castle is on the left and the entrance to the harbour of Havana is blocked by sunken ships and a boom defence.
		This is one of a series of eleven painted by Dominic Serres to illustrate the principal events of the campaign for the Keppel family, of whom three distinguished brothers served at Havana: George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle (1724-72) was the army commander-in-chief; Commodore the Hon.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC0408 (721 words)

	The Morro Castle
		The story of the 'Morro Castle' is a bizarre one, almost of Gothic properties.
		The 'Morro Castle's' premature final crossing in 1934 was like all the other cruises she had made, even though the prohibition had been repealed the previous year.
		As the Lifeguard Cutter 'Tampa' asked Warms and his men stuck on the Bow of the ship to come aboard, he replied "Not Until Morro Castle is in tow." He was asked several times and the answer was always the same.
	members.tripod.com /sea_fever/Morro.html (1247 words)

	California State Parks to Rehabilitate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Morro Bay, CA - Morro Bay State Park Campground will be closed to camping beginning Monday, April 5, 2004 to upgrade visitor facilities and enhance safety at the park, while maintaining the historic character of the facility, California State Park officials announced today.
		The $3.2 million project is the first complete rehabilitation of the Morro Bay State Park Campground since opening in 1932.
		All day-use facilities, including the Morro Bay State Park Marina, the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History, the Bayside Café, the Morro Bay State Park Golf Course, area hiking trails and other day use facilities, will remain open during the rehabilitation project.
	www.hearstcastle.org /whats_new/morrobay.asp (413 words)

	Home :: Morro Bay's Best .com
		Morro Rock raises 576 feet into the air at the entrance of the harbor and is home to the Peregrine Falcon.
		Morro Bay Harbor is home to one of California's largest and most productive commercial fishing fleets and provides area restaurants and fish markets with the freshest of seafood.
		An ancient volcanic formation composed mainly of igneous rock, Morro Rock is part of a chain of un-erupted volcanic intrusions that run from the city of San Luis Obispo west to the Pacific Ocean.
	morrobaysbest.com (574 words)

	morrocastle
		The MORRO CASTLE was actually one of the safest ships afloat in her era, and there were many heroes among her crew on that last voyage-- heroes who did everything they could to save passengers' lives.
		Early in the morning of September 8, 1934, a mysterious fire was detected in her First Class Writing Room as the MORRO CASTLE steamed off the New Jersey coast.
		The MORRO CASTLE disaster remains one of the deadliest shipwrecks in American history.
	www.wardline.com /morrocastle.html (292 words)

	7th Havana Biennial - Tour: Morro Castle
		The fortress with the original name "The Three Kings" was built on the cliffs called "Morro" at the entrance to the bay and the harbor according to the plans of the Italian military engineer Bautista Antonelli from 1589 until approximately 1610.
		Under the covering fire of their ships, the English troops had approached from a nearby hill (on which La Cabaña would later be built) within 200 meters of the fortress and brought a gunpowder deposit to explosion by which a breach was blasted into its walls.
		Upon the withdrawal of the English, the rebuilding of the city commenced and along with it the Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro.
	www.universes-in-universe.de /car/habana/bien7/morro/english.htm (222 words)

	Morro Castle
		The captain of the Morro Castle from its very first voyage was Robert Wilmott, a veteran old salt who had been with the Ward Line for over 25 years.
		The radio operators aboard the Morro Castle, like all radio operators at the time, were not employees of the Ward Line, but were hired and assigned by the Radiomarine Corporation (now RCA).
		The final dinner onboard the Morro Castle before docking in New York was a highlight of the trip.
	www.njhm.com /morrocastle.htm (2417 words)

	South Jersey.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Morro Castle was a small steamer that made headlines only though a tragic series of errors that took the lives of 137 passengers and crew on September 8th, 1934.
		Wilmott not only faced an angry, resentful crew on the last voyage of the Morro Castle, but he also had to contend with officers he distrusted and feared and who, in return, thought he was an ill-tempered, sickly, unbalanced man. The captain was inexplicably afraid of chief radioman George Rogers.
		The Morro Castle drifted to shore later that morning, thousands lining the beaches to view her awful gutted hulk, smoke still streaming from her burning holds, 133 persons dead, either still on board and charred beyond recognition, or in death-floats somewhere in the violent sea.
	www.southjersey.com /articles/?articleid=8037 (1163 words)

	Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board: T.E.L. Morro Castle
		His grandson says, however, that whenever any TV show, or newspaper article appeared concerning the Morro Castle, his grandfather turned it off or, in the case of newspapers, threw them out.
		Despite this, not until 1:15 hours after the Morro Castle was an inferno, was the SOS ordered and sent.
		There sure was enough blame to spread around regarding the Morro Castle, but how one fingers a dead man for a delayed General Alarm, sailing into the wind, and a delayed SOS frankly escapes me.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /discus/messages/6937/1059.html?990055677 (2424 words)

	GARE MARITIME \| The Morro Castle, the Mohawk and the End of the Ward Line : Part One : Introduction
		It has been almost 72 years since the Morro Castle, gutted, afire, and carrying the bodies of at least six luckless passengers and crew members was driven ashore, with visual impact worthy of a Hollywood production, just to the north of the new Convention Center at Asbury Park, New Jersey.
		Six, and likely more, survivors remain of the 418 who swam or drifted ashore, or were carried to safety by a fleet of fishing boats, freighters and a luxury cruise ship on the dismal and stormy September morning in 1934.
		Also slipping into obscurity is the memory of the Oriente, a fine liner whose service career was as quiet and uneventful as her sister ship Morro Castle’s was notorious.
	www.garemaritime.com /features/morro-castle/01.php (214 words)

	George Watremez, Morro Castle survivor
		Six of the Morro Castle’s twelve lifeboats were successfully lowered from the ship and, eventually reached shore, in one of the most notorious events of the Morro Castle disaster.
		However, the storm, the tide, and the Morro Castle’s continued drift had scattered her passengers and crew over a large area, running several miles along the coast and up to six miles between the ship’s path and the shore.
		Singly, and in groups, the Morro Castle’s people, most of them in various stages of shock, and several on the brink of death from exposure and prolonged immersion were pulled from the water.
	www.garemaritime.com /features/morro-castle-watremez (8326 words)

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		A picturesque fortress in Cuba is the Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro (or Morro Castle) which is guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba.
		The castle's View from El Morro from Forts and Castles of the Caribbean Islands by Bob FindlayThe cannons around the fort are now badly rusted but the walls are in great shape.
		The castle have a small turret at the end of the wall is now crumbling away but it is possible to look over to the sea crashing onto the rocks below and take in the dimensions of the huge dry moat.
	www.worldhouseinfo.com /morrocastle.htm (387 words)

	Parque Histórico Morro y Cabaña \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Havana \| Frommers.com
		The Morro Castle, or "El Morro" as it is most commonly known, is the first fort you'll come to after crossing under the harbor channel tunnel.
		Sitting on the point overlooking Havana's narrow harbor channel, it was built between 1589 and 1630 and served as an important line of defense against pirate attack and naval invasion.
		El Morro offers up excellent views of Havana and the curve of the Malecón, and there are several restaurant and bar offerings here.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/havana/A31964.html (470 words)

	Inferno Afloat \| TIME
		Between Morro Castle and Asbury Park the Morro Castle passed through a maritime horror unequalled since the Vestris went down off the Virginia Capes (TIME, Nov. 26, 1928).
		The Morro Castle was warped into the roadstead, stood out of the harbor, bound for New York, three days away.
		Though the Morro Castle was smaller than most transatlantic liners, her 21-knot speed and sumptuous appointments put her in the deluxe class on the New York-Havana run.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,747944,00.html (651 words)

	Morro Bay for Oldtimers
		Something noticeable about Morro Rock a few miles beyond where this picture was taken is that it blends with the surrounding hills and doesn't appear to be massive.
		Morro Bay Today...Before you delve into the past, you might want to take a slide show tour around the town.
		Morro Elementary School____a teacher remembers the early 1930's, by Mary Elizabeth Williams Madonna and photographs of the classes of 1930
	www.oldmorrobay.com /home.html (495 words)

	The Boardwalk Catalog - The Morrow Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		On September 8, 1934 the luxury liner Morro Castle ran aground on the beach at Asbury Park, directly adjacent to the convention center.
		The ship, part of the Ward Line, was commissioned in 1930.The Morro Castle had a nefarious reputation, and reports of smuggling of drugs and Cuban rum on board were common.
		As rescue ships raced to the area (one of which was the USS Arizona, later to be sunk at Pearl Harbor), the ship drifted to shore to land on the beach at Asbury Park.
	www.jerseyboardwalk.com /morro.htm (190 words)

	ghosts.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Only ten or twelve miles from San Luis Obispo is Morro Bay, the estero of the old Spaniards, and laid down on the maps as Estero Bay.
		The Curiosity I felt to see this place was not, I confess, so much due to what was told me of its importance as a bay and a point of geographical and commercial importance, as the bit of romance connected with a rock rising abruptly out of the midst of the harbor.
		The present owner assured us that he seldom entered this place, and that he had done nothing to have it cleared of the debris he found there.
	www.oldmorrobay.com /ghosts.html (387 words)

	Castle dracula - : Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		All the castles built on 12th and 13th century, the living quarters of it invariably had one basic element.
		In the earliest castles the family slept at the extreme upper end of the hall.
		Such beds could be dismantled and taken along on the frequent trips a great lord made to his castles and other manors.
	castle.taclale.info /resources/stat_2.html (367 words)

	National Park Service - San Juan National Historic Site
		Gunners from El Morro shoot a cannonball through the cabin of Drake's flagship.
		El Morro holds but the city is sacked and burned.
		1992 - El Morro's grounds are returned to their historic 18th century appearance as part of Quincentennial restoration when modern roadways and parking lots are removed.
	www.nps.gov /saju/morro.html (489 words)

	Morro Bay Packages
		Wheelchair-accessible tours must be made directly with the Castle by calling 866-712-2286 at least 10 days in advance.
		Hearst Castle Cancellation Policy: There will be no refunds on castle tickets 15 days of arrival.
		Morro Bay is the perfect place to enjoy a family outdoor adventure.
	www.morrobay.org /ecm/Lodging/Morro_Bay_Packages.html (1261 words)

	Morrow Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In a historic tale of things gone wrong and things done wrong, the cruise ship MORRO CASTLE caught fire.
		Her captain had mysteriously died and his replacement had turned the ship into the wind in such a way as to help spread the flames until the whole ship was ablaze - full of passengers.
		The reverse side of the card shows a copy of a headline crying the news of MORRO CASTLE's demise (below).
	home.pacbell.net /steamer/mocast.htm (126 words)

	The Final Voyage of the Morro Castle - Morro Castle Quiz
		The Morro Castle suffered strange misfortunes on board that have remained unsolved.
		This quiz is on the unlucky saga of the last day of the Morro Castle's career.
		* The Morro Castle set sail on September 7, 1934, and that's when her troubles began.
	www.funtrivia.com /trivia-quiz/World/The-Final-Voyage-of-the-Morro-Castle-239599.html (76 words)

	Cuba: The Morro Castle: A Beacon and a Guardian of Havana
		The attractive geographical location of Cuba, which was called the "Pearl of the Antilles" during colonial times for evident reasons, stimulated the appetite of corsairs and pirates who tried to take control of the village of San Cristóbal de la Habana on several occasions.
		The so-called Castillo de los Tres Reyes del Morro, designed along with other major fortresses in Cuba by Juan Bautista Antonelli, an Italian military engineer, was a Renaissance-style building constructed as an irregular polygon, and had three powerful bastions that controlled the bay, the entrance to the harbor and the city.
		Considered the major fortification of the city's defense system against pirates for over a century, the Morro Castle was seized by the English, who eventually took it after opening a breach in one of its walls, and used it to have the capital surrender to them.
	www.dtcuba.com /showreport.aspx?lng=2&c=12 (673 words)

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