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Telescope November 247 Major (Bell photo, Dowling coll.) The Great Storm A 50th Anniversary Casualty List By Donald F. Richards r | lhe fall of 1913 had been calm and mild, with no serious blows reported on any of the lakes . But on Friday morning, November 7, the storm warnings were hoisted at ten o'clock at all stations throughout the upper lakes area. " Storm over Upper Mississippi Valley moving Northeast. Brisk to high southwest winds this i;fternoon and tonight, shifting to northwest Saturday on the upper lakes. " And so it came, a storm of storms that was to rage for several days over the Grer.t Lakes. A storm that was to claim more lives, sink more big ships, and cause more property damage than any other storm in the history of the Great Lakes. Only one lake, Ontario, was to escape its fury. The storm was first felt at the western end of Lake Superior on Friday evening. It spread across the upper lakes, reaching a peak velocity during the day and evening of Sunday, November 9. It was not until Monday, the 10th, that the full extent of the storm could be realized. As the days passed, more bodies and wreckage would be washed ashore, and another missing ship would now be known to be lost. Only one lost ship, the Charles S. Price, was ever found. She floated