November 10 is a somber day on the Great Lakes; not only is it the day that the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, but 62 years prior, a ship named Lightship 82 sank off the shoreline of Lake Erie. It was one of the 12 ships that sank due to a powerful storm, now known as the White Hurricane, which blew through the Great Lakes, killing more than 250 mariners. Read the full story by WIVB-TV – Buffalo, NY.
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