Art Harris wrote:
John S. wrote:

As I remember it a shift in wind direction meant the ships were no longer protected by the coastline they were hugging for protection. The huge waves gradually flooded the
heavily loaded ore ship, making it sit even lower in the water. A big
wave probably did the ship in.


"They might have split up or they might have capsized
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters." --Gordon Lightfoot

Art H.

Hadn't thought of that song in years, thanks for posting it. Makes me
think of the old Woddie Guthrie song, The Sinking of the Rueben James.
The sinkings were under different circumstances, but both songs
commemorate a tragic loss of life.