Word: michigan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...enjoyed your Oct. 27 article on Michigan's Representative Charles E. Chamberlain. However, in your Nov. 10 report on the elections, you did not say anything about how he fared in his race for reelection. How did he make...
...Lakes. The icy winds from the north meet the warm, moist air from the south-and the clash brings wild gales that have torn apart scores of ships, killed thousands of people. Last week the 16,000 ton (d.w.t.), 623-ft. limestone carrier Carl D. Bradley died in Lake Michigan's cruel November...
There were 35 on board the Bradley as she steamed out of Gary, Ind. on Lake Michigan after unloading 12,000 tons of limestone. The Bradley was heading north on choppy seas, bound for home port, the little (pop. 4,000) town of Rogers City. Mich., on Lake Huron's western shore. The crewmen had an edge of eagerness, they were anxious to make Rogers City: 26 of them lived there...
...Mayday, Mayday." The storm warnings that flew Lake Michigan's length changed that night into "whole gale" warnings. Winds from the southwest gathered speed, rose to 40, 50, then 60 m.p.h. The Bradley beat its way through the mounting waves into the next day and the dusk. By then, the heavy seas were surging with 30-ft. waves, smashing at the 31-year-old vessel. In the pilot house. First Mate Elmer Fleming, 43, heard a thud. He spun around and looked toward the stern. The vessel was sagging aft of midships. Fleming made for the radiotelephone and cried...
...Sundew. They cried: "It's coming! It's coming!" It was about 15 hours after the Bradley had gone down when they sank to their knees in thanksgiving for their own survival-and in mourning for the 33 men of the Bradley who had died on Lake Michigan in November's seas...