The gales of November are upon us. On this day, 50 years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior during a storm. All 29 crew members drowned. The sinking of the Fitzgerald remains one of ...
On November 10, 1975, the Great Lakes freighter known as the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 535 feet of water on Lake Superior. All 29 crew members were lost. It was hauling 26,116 long tons (about 58.5 ...
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – It was Nov. 10, 1975, when an early winter storm complete with hurricane-force winds and dangerously-high waves sunk the SS Edmund Fitzgerald killing all 29 crew on board. Friday ...
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP/WJW) — Spend enough time along the shores of Lake Superior and it won’t be long before there’s some reminder of what happened “when the gales of November came early.” The ...
On the night of November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald disappeared in a brutal Lake Superior storm with all 29 crewmen aboard. The 730-foot freighter had departed Superior, Wisconsin, the day ...
Fifty years ago this month, the gales of November swallowed the SS Edmund Fitzgerald along with her crew of 29 men, one of the largest ships to go down on Lake Superior and the Great Lakes. Remembered ...