Great Lakes Freighter Sinks In Storm
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	Catalog #:	355901
	Clip Number:	355901-1
	Orginal Film:	031-093-01
	Timecode:	00:26:12 - 00:27:20
	Location:	North America
	Year Shot:	1958 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	DISASTERS: Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Misc TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Sunken Remains / Shipwreck
	Description:	Great Lakes Freighter Sinks In Storm One of the worst of the Great Lakes' savage, early-November storms rages for over 6 days - pounding to destruction a huge freighter. The 615 foot vessel breaks up and sinks. Only 2 of its 35-man crew are found alive by rescuers. It's one of the worst shipping disasters ever on the Lakes. Ships on water. Aerial coastline. Life jackets on ground. Dead body carried away. Men (alive) wrapped in blankets carried on stretcher. Press, reporters, photographers.

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