{"id":8135,"date":"2024-06-28T06:23:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T10:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=8135"},"modified":"2024-06-30T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:09:49","slug":"wilmington-1953-waterfront-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wilmington-1953-waterfront-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilmington Terminal and Warehouse Company &#8211; Waterfront Fire of 1953"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recounting the story of the major waterfront fire on the Wilmington, NC, waterfront on March 9, 1953.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Retrospective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/history\/osfm\/journal\/pdf\/osfm-wilmington-terminal.pdf\">Read retrospective<\/a> (PDF) from 2009 by Chris Nelson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-28-wilmington-fire.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8175\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-28-wilmington-fire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"773\" border=\"1\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-28-wilmington-fire.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-28-wilmington-fire-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-28-wilmington-fire-730x564.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Newspapers<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_news.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8150\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_news.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1372\" height=\"2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_news.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_news-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_news-1054x1536.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_news-730x1064.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1372px) 100vw, 1372px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hugh Morson Photos<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Via these blog posts:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/morton\/2013\/03\/11\/greatest-fire-in-wilmingtons-history-rages-on-the-waterfront\/\">Greatest Fire in Wilmington\u2019s History Rages on the Waterfront<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.unc.edu\/morton\/2009\/03\/10\/1953-wilmington-shipping-co-fire\/\">1953 Wilmington Shipping Co. Fire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_4_P081_NTBS4_015202_01_crop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8139\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_4_P081_NTBS4_015202_01_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_4_P081_NTBS4_015202_01_crop.jpg 585w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_4_P081_NTBS4_015202_01_crop-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_5_P081_NTBS4_015200_02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8140\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_5_P081_NTBS4_015200_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_5_P081_NTBS4_015200_02.jpg 585w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd_5_P081_NTBS4_015200_02-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_6_P081_NTBS4_015200_06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8141\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_6_P081_NTBS4_015200_06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_6_P081_NTBS4_015200_06.jpg 585w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25_wfd_6_P081_NTBS4_015200_06-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd-3_P081_NTBS4_015200_05_crop_sm.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8142\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd-3_P081_NTBS4_015200_05_crop_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd-3_P081_NTBS4_015200_05_crop_sm.jpg 585w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-06-25-wfd-3_P081_NTBS4_015200_05_crop_sm-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fwilmington-1953-waterfront-fire%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"8135\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Wilmington Terminal and Warehouse Company - 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