A boiler explosion and fire occurred aboard the Norwegian cargo ship Emma Bakke in the Atlantic Ocean. The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by the Argentine ship Corrientes and taken to Lisbon, Portugal. Two crew were killed in the explosion and the ship sank.
Another Norwegian cargo ship, Jane Stove, suffered a fracture to her main deck whilst in the North Sea, but eventually reached the Faroe Islands on 10 October.
Hurricane Hazel crossed Haiti, destroying villages and causing considerable damage to major cities. An estimated 1,000 people were killed. Hazel also destroyed about 40% of the coffee trees and 50% of the cacao crop, affecting the country's economy for several years.
Died:Jibanananda Das, 55, Indian poet, writer, novelist and essayist in Bengali, of injuries sustained when hit by a tram near Calcutta's Deshapriya Park on 14 October.
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