The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the "White Hurricane"

No one wrote a song about this 1913 storm. The Edmund Fitzgerald was sunk by a storm in 1975.

Melanie Hammond McArthurhttp://www.virtualmuseum.ca/.../histoires_de.../pm_v2.php...

From the YouTube comments:

The Great Lakes Storm killed more than 250 people, destroyed 19 ships, and stranded 19 others. Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm *Lake Superior*
Leafield: 18 victims
Henry B. Smith: 25 victims
*Lake Michigan*
Plymouth (barge): 7 victims
*Lake Huron*
Argus: 28 victims
James Carruthers: 22 victims
Hydrus: 25 victims
John A. McGean: 28 victims
Charles S. Price: 28 victims
Regina: 20 victims
Isaac M. Scott: 28 victims
Wexford: 20 victims
*Lake Erie*
Lightship LV 82, Buffalo: 6 victims

I've read that Lake Superior was dangerous because its big size allows big waves to be generated. But in this case, the most damage was done on Lake Huron. In general, the waves on the Great Lakes can bust ocean going ships in the middle because the waves are sharper than the waves generated on the open oceans. But 1913 was long before the Seaway was opened in 1959, so none of these boats would be ocean ships.

cleveland.com
Remembering the 'Great Storm of 1913:' The deadliest storm to hit the Great Lakes
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Shaun Mortonhttps://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Wexford.html...

Someone did a great job of finding vintage photos.
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