Posted on 11/10/2009 12:12:18 PM PST by LukeL
There was just recently an article in my hometown paper about the Carl D Bradly, which sank off Ludington back in 57 or 58.....same kind of storm, 2 survivors.
The locals had said that the storm system that claimed Lady Fitz was “A day like when the Bradley went down”.
I have always been fascinated by the lake boats..I grew up in Holland, and saw my share of coal and gravel boats coming into the coal docks as a lad....we used to hear the whistles on summer mornings, and all jump on our bikes to ride down and watch them big boys dock and unload...good memories.
RIP Captain McSorley, and the crew.
Off to the Army in 1974, was off doing Army stuff when the ship went down.
He has a God given talent. And he has used it for some good over the years.
***A bummer for Pluhar. I wouldn’t like driving across that bridge one bit:***
I’ve driven across it a number of times. If the Michigan state cops say stay off it, then stay off it. They know.
Grew up in Hamilton and watched the coal and iron ore boats daily. Saw them up close too in the harbour. Seeing those giant boats go through the Welland Canal through Port Colborne was something else. Giant boats a few feet shorter than the entire length and width of the locks. Those who have never seen it, well, have never seen it and cannot appreciate it. The length, the width and the height of the boat as it goes by simply dwarfs the individual standing on the banks.
GOD REST THESE 29 MEN....
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It is told in the Bible that once the Lord was in the fishermen’s boat and a great storm came upon them, and the fishermen feared they would drown. The Lord said to them, have faith in Me. And thus it was they had the faith to survive. This same situation was and is repeated each day at sea.
No man has ever served at sea without knowing that each day could be his last and no one would even know where at sea he lay. No man served a day at sea without the knowledge that the ship he sailed might not survive to sail another day. But no man at sea let these fears overcome him. He knew his shipmates were beside him to help stand the watch, to plot the course, and to be the family and support we all need to meet and survive another day. THEY WERE HIS SHIPMATES.
As each day ended, men at sea counted their blessings of a day well done, and to mark the end of their watch, they would toll the bell, the eternal mark of the passing of time at sea.
(Memorial Service for a Mariner......THE LAST WATCH)
Now that’s the Presque Isle boat. Most of the men aboard the Carl D Bradley were from Roger City. It was torn in half by the 35 foot waves of Lake Michigan in November, 1958. There was a memorial service last year in Rogers City. One of the two survivors is still alive.
A representative (family member or friend) of each of the men who lost their lives rang the ship’s bell at the memorial service. There’s a video of it somewhere on the Internet.
I’ve heard of the “Edmund Fitzgerald” before but never really knew anything about it.
I've seen him three times in person during my life....twice in concert and once in a Holiday Inn in Kenora, Ontario in 1973 as he was playing to a medium sized crowd.
Bunch of buddies and I were up fishing on Lake of the Woods and were somewhat raucous. Gord shouted, “You must be Yanks!”, and joined us in a few “drink yer glasses empty” moments during breaks. Just a regular guy.
My only real claim to fame......
Militant
Thanks for the ping; post. Great thread. Thanks to all posters. Lake Superior/Keewenaw Peninsula/Lac LaBelle was my summer vacation with my parents (mom (RIP) was born and raised in Calumet) and sister in my youth.
R.I.P. to the 29 crewmembers and condolences to their families and friends.
yes sir, I grew up in Holland. Know Hamilton quite well :) Spent a few hours of my life on the Rabbit, casting for largemouth in the bayou by the gun club, and whacking smallies up the river a few hundred yards.
Yeah, I spent summers in my youth watching the boats come into Lake Mac, and docking at Brewers...unloading coal for the power plant, and also gravel and salt for the winters. They also hauled a LOT of scrap metal out of Padnos there, too.
Live in Iowa now.....not many big boats out here....lol
Only been to Holland a couple of times. Spent 10 years in Dearborn, though. My outlaws still live there. Silly sods. They all voted Granholm and Stabenow and are now reaping the fruits of their labour.
just because
That is a good video of a sad story. Thanks
“THE LEGEND LIVES FROM THE CHIPPEWA DOWN OF THE BIG LAKE THEY CALL GICHE GUMMEE.”
“SUPERIOR THEY SAID NEVER GIVES UP HER DEAD WHEN THE GALES OF NOVEMBER COME EARLY.”
“DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE THE LOVE OF GOD GOES WHEN THE WAVES TURN THE MINUTES TO HOURS?”
“AND ALL THAT REMAINS IS THE FACES AND THE NAMES OF THE WIVES, AND THE SONS AND THE DAUGHTERS.”
“IN A MUSTY OLD HALL IN DETROIT THEY PRAYED, IN THE MARITIME SALIORS CATHEDRAL.”
“THE CHURCH BELL CHIMED TIL IT RANG 29 TIMES FOR EACH MAN ON THE EDMUND FITZGERALD..
Great Song, one of the best ever written performed. You really feel you are part of the song.
To the families and freiends of the crew...You are remembered this day. God Bless you all.
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