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  • Only the Shipyards Will Gain: The Buffalo Hurricane of 1921 as a Demonstration of the Combined Economic Power of Commercial Carriers on the Great Lakes
    The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), 2015, 1-24    
    The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), 2015, 1-24  
  • Severe Gale
        Severe Gale - A severe gale from the north west began on Saturday evening and continued through Sunday, up to a late hour in the night. It was accompanied with alternate snow squalls, which at times
      Severe Gale - A severe gale from the north west began on …
  • The Storm Last Evening
    Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 12 Aug 1863     The Storm Last Evening. - Shortly after seven o'clock last evening masses of clouds rolled up from the north, west and south-west, bringing with them a gale of wind, which for a few moments whirled t
    Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 12 Aug 1863   The Storm Last Evening. - Shortly after seven o'clock last evening masses …
  • The Storm Last Evening
    Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 20 Jun 1850     The Lake Erie Disaster. Further of the Loss of the Griffith Loss of 250 Lives! Buffalo, June 18 - 4 P.M. The number of passengers on board the Griffith when she took fire, is thus ...
    Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 20 Jun 1850   The Lake Erie Disaster. Further of the Loss of the Griffith Loss …
  • Storm Worst in Years; Lake Craft Battle Gale
    Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 10 Nov 1913, 1-2     STORM WORST IN YEARS; LAKE CRAFT BATTLE GALE Furious Wind Paralyzes Traffic, Isolates Suburbs, Levels Telephone and Telegraph Wires, Destroys Lighting Service, Imprisons Residents Boats, Manned by Cr
    Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 10 Nov 1913, 1-2   STORM WORST IN YEARS; LAKE CRAFT BATTLE GALE Furious Wind Paralyzes Traffic, …
  • One Dead in Storm; 4 Hurt at Statler as Skylight Falls
    Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 10 Nov 1913, 1-2     One Dead in Storm; 4 Hurt at Statler as Skylight Falls Glass Crashes on Diners in Hotel Cafe; Live Wires Fill Streets, Car Service Demoralized, City completely Cut off From Telephone and Telegraph Co
    Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 10 Nov 1913, 1-2   One Dead in Storm; 4 Hurt at Statler as Skylight Falls Glass …
  • Lower Lakes Swept by Snow and Wind
    Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 10 Nov 1913, p. 5     Lower Lakes Swept by Snow and Wind Most Severe Gale of Season prevails in Detroit District. Boats Safe. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 9 -- The most severe snow and wind storm of the season prevailed over this
    Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 10 Nov 1913, p. 5   Lower Lakes Swept by Snow and Wind Most Severe Gale of Season …
  • The Shipping Disasters on the Great Lakes
    Canadian Railway and Marine World (Toronto, ON), Dec 1913, p. 595     The Shipping Disasters on the Great Lakes What is, without doubt, the greatest disaster, or series of disasters, which has ever taken place in connection with the navigation of the Great Lakes, occur
    Canadian Railway and Marine World (Toronto, ON), Dec 1913, p. 595   The Shipping Disasters on the Great Lakes What is, without doubt, the …
  • Shipping Suffered From Severe Storm
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 10 Nov 1913, p. 1     Shipping Suffered From Severe Storm Cleveland Vessel in Trouble in St. Clair Flats Wire Service Crippled Detroit and Pittsburg Isolated So Far as Telegraphic Communication Was Concerned -- Wind's Vel
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 10 Nov 1913, p. 1   Shipping Suffered From Severe Storm Cleveland Vessel in Trouble in St. Clair …
  • Pittsburg Boats will quit early
    Callahan, George V., Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 8 Nov 1913, p. 12     Pittsburg Boats will quit early Last Steamers to Go From This End of the Route Will Sail Today. Grain cargoes are being offered pretty freely in the Lake Superior trade, and with many of the outside
    Callahan, George V., Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 8 Nov 1913, p. 12   Pittsburg Boats will quit early Last Steamers to Go From This End …
  • Storm on Lake Michigan
        Stereoview of waves crashing over a pier near Chicago.
      Stereoview of waves crashing over a pier near Chicago.
  • The steamboat Ontario
    Ontario Repository (Canandaigua, NY), Tues., Aug. 18, 1818     The Steamboat Ontario, in going up the lake, encountered a severe gale on Wednesday night and Thursday last: when within three miles of the Niagara river, she was driven back as far as Sodus, but wit
    Ontario Repository (Canandaigua, NY), Tues., Aug. 18, 1818   The Steamboat Ontario, in going up the lake, encountered a severe gale …
  • Severe Thunder Storm
    Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 23 Apr 1850     Severe Thunder Storm - A brisk and brilliant April shower came off early yesterday morning. The wind was in the South and for successive hours the rain, at intervals, fell in profusion. The lightning
    Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 23 Apr 1850   Severe Thunder Storm - A brisk and brilliant April shower came off …
  • Reaches Port 34 hrs. Overdue
    Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 11 Nov 1913, p. 4     Reaches Port 34 hrs. Overdue Steamer Verona Weathers Fiercest Gale in its History Without Damage. Practically Drifted in Storm for a Full Day Captain Trimm Praises Members of Crew for Their Work Unde
    Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 11 Nov 1913, p. 4   Reaches Port 34 hrs. Overdue Steamer Verona Weathers Fiercest Gale in its …
  • Crew and Steamer SInk As Ships Litter Shores
    Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 11 Nov 1913, 1, 9     Crew and Steamer SInk As Ships Litter Shores Big Boats, Battered on Rocks and Shoals, are Beyond Reach in Hurricane-Lashed Lakes as Only One Fleet Has Wireless Equipment. Three Barges at Cleveland, T
    Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 11 Nov 1913, 1, 9   Crew and Steamer SInk As Ships Litter Shores Big Boats, Battered on …
  • Wave Washed Deck: Flooded Stoke-hole
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 11 Nov 1913, p. 2     Wave Washed Deck: Flooded Stoke-hole Passengers on Lake Boat Have a Rough Experience Passengers on the R & O. boat Mojeska [sic: Modjeska] experienced one of the roughest passages across the lake thi
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 11 Nov 1913, p. 2   Wave Washed Deck: Flooded Stoke-hole Passengers on Lake Boat Have a Rough …
  • The Greatest Storm in Lake History
    Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), Mar 1914, Section Supplement, 1-24    
    Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), Mar 1914, Section Supplement, 1-24  
  • The Weather
    Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 7 Nov 1913, p. 1     THE WEATHER For Sault Ste Marie and vicinity-- Rain and colder tonight; Saturday, rain or snow and colder. Upper Lakes--Brisk to high south-west to northwest winds, except northwest on western Superi
    Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 7 Nov 1913, p. 1   THE WEATHER For Sault Ste Marie and vicinity-- Rain and colder tonight; …
  • Storm-tides on the Lakes
    The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), Aug 1855, pp. 457-58     STORM-TIDES ON THE LAKES. The tidal phenomena on the Lakes have attracted considerable attention during the present season. It is well known that there are no regular tides in our great Lakes ; but i
    The Monthly Nautical Magazine and Quarterly Review (New York, NY: Griffiths & Bates, 1855), Aug 1855, pp. 457-58   STORM-TIDES ON THE LAKES. The tidal phenomena on the Lakes have attracted …
  • Terrific Gale
    Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY), 19 Sep 1856     Terrific Gale. - The wind commenced blowing yesterday afternoon from the south, and veered into the northwest at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and increased in violence till it blew a perfect gal
    Oswego Times & Journal (Oswego, NY), 19 Sep 1856   Terrific Gale. - The wind commenced blowing yesterday afternoon from the south, …
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