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Freshwater Fury by Frank Barcus Greatest storm inland navigation w/ dust jacket
Freshwater Fury by Frank Barcus
Yarns and reminscences of the greatest storm in inland navigation with maps and illustrations
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket (has plastic protective covering)
166 pages
Copyright 1960 Second printing 1961
CONTENTS
1 The Gathering Storm1
2 The Storm's First Casualties9
3 The Sheadle Dares the Deadly Trough17
4 Smashing Through with the Durston27
5 The Saga of the Waldo33
6 Abandoned45
7 Taking the Ground51
8 Adrift59
9 Battles for Safety 69
10 No Time for Fear79
11 The Mystery Ship85
12 From Beyond97
13 Letters Home103
14 Aftermath107
15 Accusations113
16 Preparing for the Worst123
17 Return Bout129
Appendix
A. Statistics on Vessels Destroyed and Stranded 133
B. Cross Sections of a Great Lakes Bulk Freighter 139
C. Extracts from Weather Bureau Reports, November 1913141
D. A Glossary of Nautical Terms151
Index181
ILLUSTRATIONS
Edward Sampson, James B. Watts, and Frank Barcus Frontispiece
Hurricane Flags1
Louisiana9
J.H. Sheadle 17
Approximate Track and Time Positions of the J. H. Sheadle 19
J. F. Durston27
L. C. Waldo33
Howard M. Hanna, Jr.45
Turret Chief51
Major 59
Port Austin Light69
John A. McLean79
Diver Descending to the Charles S. Price85
Henry B. Smith97
Charles S. Price103
Hydrus107
Regina113
Pilot House of the Coralia123
Crescent City129
Cross Sections of a Modern Standard 600-Foot Great Lakes Bulk Freighter139, 140
DUST JACKET INTRODUCTION
Up and down the Great Lakes, wherever captains and seamen meet, one of the chief topics of conversation is still the Great Storm-the worst disaster in Great Lakes history. By men of the Lakes, November 9, 1913 will always be remembered as Black Sunday, for it brought death to hundreds of their companions and destruction to scores of ships of the Lakes fleet. Each man who survived the Storm has a fascinating story to tell.
Freshwater Fury is the first comprehensive history of the Great Storm. Author Frank Barcus, who has met and talked with many survivors during his trips on Lakes freighters over the past twenty years, presents here their vivid eye-witness accounts. The many drawings, maps, and diagrams executed by the author add pictorial interest to the story of this dramatic struggle between men and the elements.
Frank Barcus was born in 1895 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, within sight of Lake Michigan. In 1898 he moved to Detroit, where he learned to love boats. "As a boy," he says, "I practically lived in a twenty-foot canoe and paddled on all the Great Lakes and their tributaries." Later he rode the long ships on more than two hundred trips to all Lakes ports.
Mr. Barcus is a registered architect, a member of the American Institute of Architects and a charter member of the Engineering Society of Detroit. He studied at the University of Michigan, the Beaux Arts Architectural Society of New York, and the Chicago Art Institute. For twenty years he was associated as a designer with Albert Kahn. He was also a Supervising Architect for the Soviet Government, 1930-1931. At present he is on the staff of the Detroit City Plan Commission.
For many years, Mr. Barcus has contributed to various historical, civic, and planning journals, and to Michigan Artists Exhibitions and art galleries.
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