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The storm was most powerful on November 9, battering and overturning ships on four of the five Great Lakes, particularly Lake Huron . The storm was the deadliest and most destructive natural disaster to hit the lakes in recorded history. More than 250 people were killed.
Great Lakes storms: 1860 Lady Elgin: over 400 dead 1835 "Cyclone": 254 dead 1913 Great Storm: 244 dead 1880 Alpena Storm: about 100 dead 1940 Armistice Day: 66 dead 1916 Black Friday: 49 dead 1958 Bradley: 33 dead 1905 Blow: 32 dead 1975 Fitzgerald: 29 dead 1966 Morrell: 28 dead 1894 May Gale: 27 dead
Ship [10] [11]Port Of OriginLakeLocationFree TraderFort Burwell, CanadaCometMadisonLake Erienear FairportSanduskyLake Eriebeached at BuffaloHenry ClayBuffaloLake Eriebeached at BuffaloNov 6, 2020 · Call it what you will—the White Hurricane, the Freshwater Fury, the Big Blow, or the Great Lakes Storm of 1913—this natural disaster was the most deadly and destructive to ever hit the Great Lakes. SalomonCeb (Wikimedia Commons: Link)
7-10 November 1913. At least 258 lives lost on the Great Lakes. Twelve ships sank, 30 other vessels crippled. Eight out of 18 ships battling the storm on Lake Huron sank (Wexford, Argus, John A. McGean, Hydrus, Isaac M. Scott, Regina, James C. Carruthers, Charles S. Price). 187 lives lost.
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This is a list of shipwrecks during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 . 1. The steamer C.W. Elphicke reportedly struck a submerged obstruction on Lake Erie, off Long Point, on October 21, 1913, during a gale; it was beached just above the Long Point Lighthouse 2 1⁄2 hours later. Before it could be salvaged, the November gale hit and it became a ...
ShipGross TonsLength ( Ft )Beam ( Ft )1,454269356,63152555Plymouth (Barge)776225354,70743650Nov 8, 2019 · From Nov. 9 through Nov. 11, 1913, the storm hit the eastern Great Lakes region with hurricane-force winds, whiteout conditions, freezing spray and massive waves. In Cleveland, Ohio, the...
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (historically referred to as the "Big Blow", the "Freshwater Fury", and the "White Hurricane") was a blizzard with hurricane-force winds that devastated the Great Lakes Basin in the Midwestern United States and Southwestern Ontario, Canada, from November 7 to 10, 1913. The storm was most powerful on November 9 ...
