Great Storm Of 1913

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

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• great storm of 1913
• shipwrecks
• lost ships
• huge waves
• lake hruon
• ships
• charles s. price
• regina

[slipknotv2]

i love this video but wheres the edmund fitzgearld

[GreatLakesShips]

@slipknotv2 The Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975. All the ships in this video went down in the 1913 storm.

[dillonsacra]

shangpush, I can give excripts from a paper I wrote on the Hydrus if you like. I am probably the only one who has the complete story on the Hydrus and it still keeps getting bigger. Give me a PM and I will send it to you. Jared

[dillonsacra]

@shangpush Well thats very interesting. I have gathered as much infromation regarding the Hydrus as I could. I do remember seeing your grandfathers name on my crew list. I have searched long and hard for the Hydrus for the last 3 years. I have multiple paintings of her. The Hydrus I suspect, disappeared south of Thunder Bay. A ship claimed to have seen the Hydrus in the area and watch her lights disappear after being hit by a rogue wave. I would love to hear the contents of those letters!

[shangpush]

@bobnixden Hello-- My grandfather, Calvin Hatch, was Chief Engineer aboard the Hydrus. Neither his remains nor the remains of the boat have found. I have a stack of letters written aboard ship and sent home to my grandmother in Port Huron. My mother was born about 10 days after Calvin drowned. Since she died in 1999, I have a painting he made of the Hydrus above my writing desk. I hope you can share any information you might have as the 100th anniversary nears. Thanks.

[shangpush]

@dillonsacra What a coincidence! I just now Googled the Hydrus to see if its whereabouts had yet been discovered. I see you posted just 44 minutes ago. My grandfather, Calvin Hatch, was the engineer on the Hydrus. He died about 10 days before my mother was born. A painting he made of the Hydrus has been above the desk I am writing from since she died in 1999. With the storm's 100th anniversary approaching, I hope you can respond to me if you have information. Thanks.

[dillonsacra]

*Busted and scattered showing she hit bottom hard. My friend is looking for the Hydrus in northern Lake Huron.

[dillonsacra]

One of the most haunting images stuck in my mind was the Argus. I dove her a few years ago and she lies upside down in 230" of water. Her rudder is bent at a 90 degree angle with no blades and a large crumple amidships, showing that she got caught between two large waves and snapped her. Her stern is bus.t

[algopt]

I grew up on the lower St. Clair River. Somtimes, while standing on the shore or my parents dock, especially around this time of year, It almost brings a tear to my eye when I think of ships like the D.J Morrel and the Charles S. Price that were upbound in the river like many ships I have watched in my lifetime, unknowing that a few short miles farther north, the storms were brewing and ready to unleash all their horrors.

[algopt]

@RFKFANTS67I believe the only ones still lost in Huron are Carruthers and the Hydrus. I think thier is one more in Superior as well.

[RFKFANTS67]

I live 5 minutes from lake Huron. Does anyone know, which ships lost during the 1913 storm on Lake Huron have not been found? I know they found the WEXFORD between my town and Goderich, but that's the only one I'm aware of.

[bobnixden]

My great uncle was on the Issac M Scott - Chief Engineer