In fascinating scene at the bottom of Lake Superior, researchers uncover lumber ships that went down in a 1914 storm.
Two lumber ships that sank in a 1914 storm, the C.F. Curtis and Selden E. Marvin, were recently discovered in Lake Superior by shipwreck researchers., has announced the discovery of two vessels that sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 18, 1914.
In 2021, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society located nine lost vessels, including the C.F. Curtis. But, the Marvin and Peterson remained missing. Society officials said finding the Curtis and the Marvin are significant historic discoveries in American history, as they were all part of Hines Lumber, one of the biggest lumber companies of that era. On Nov. 18, 1914, they lost almost one quarter of their fleet in a single storm.
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