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Five ships caught in a storm the Great Lakes had never seen before
In November 1913, an unprecedented storm swept across the Great Lakes, combining hurricane-force winds, blinding snow, and ...
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How disobeying orders saved lives during the Great Lakes storm
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 remains one of the deadliest natural disasters in maritime history. As ships battled massive waves and hurricane-force winds, strict command decisions often meant the ...
Fifty years ago this month, the gales of November swallowed the SS Edmund Fitzgerald along with her crew of 29 men, one of the largest ships to go down on Lake Superior and the Great Lakes. Remembered ...
Shipwrecks, storms, final words: historian Ric Mixter traces the Great Lakes’ haunting messages in bottles. Before radio distress calls, sailors communicated their peril by putting farewell messages ...
These historic winter storms brought extreme snow, ice, and freezing cold temperatures, resulting in record death tolls and ...
News 8 is producing a series of stories that will be published in the days leading up to Nov. 10, the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It will culminate with a WOOD TV+ special ...
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