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By Doug Kerr via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0), May 26, 2013
The Great Storm of 1913 Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | In a storm that struck Lake Huron on November 9, 1913,
ten lake freighters were lost. Seven of them vanished,
ranging from the 30-year-old, 270-foot "Wexford” to the
550-foot "James Carruthers", launched six months earlier at
Collingwood. The . . . — — Map (db m192995) HM |
| | On the Great Lakes, November is well known for its horrendous storms which turn the lakes into a boiling cauldron of wind and waves. There is one storm which was the deadliest and most destructive storm to ever occur on the Great Lakes; "The Great . . . — — Map (db m213510) HM |
| | Sudden tragedy struck the Great Lakes on November 9, 1913, when a storm, whose equal veteran sailors could not recall, left in its wake death and destruction. The grim toll was 235 seamen drowned, ten ships sunk, and more than twenty others driven . . . — — Map (db m154099) HM |
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On November 7-10, 1913, two major storms collided over the Great Lakes. This created hurricane like winds that lasted over 16 hours, producing waves over forty feet tall. As the storm intensified, temperatures dropped below . . . — — Map (db m76068) HM |
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The Great Storm of 1913 lasted from November 7th through the 11th. It is often referred to as the "Big Blow", the "Freshwater Fury" or the "White Hurricane". The storm hit four of the five Great Lakes, and was particularly ferocious in Lake . . . — — Map (db m76080) HM |
May. 21, 2024
