My parents were aboard the Yarmouth Castle when it caught fire. They had to slide down ropes into a lifeboat which took them over to the Bahama Star. My father wrote a very detailed account of the whole event, which was one of many passenger accounts used in the class action lawsuit against the cruise line. However, GL's lyrics were taken almost exclusively (including quotes from crewmembers)from an article in Life Magazine that was published soon after this fateful incident.
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