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'Cursed' steamship that vanished is discovered 114 years on
Daily Mail ^ | 5/1/24 | Joe Hutchinson

Posted on 05/01/2024 12:17:18 PM PDT by MAGA2017

A 'cursed' wooden steamship that vanished in Lake Superior in 1909 with 14 crew members on board has finally been discovered.

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society say they found the Adella Shores after it went missing on May 1, 1909, in Whitefish Point, Michigan.

Adella Shores - which locals feared had been cursed after its sober owners christened it by smashing a bottle of water on its hull rather than booze - was found more than 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in over 650 feet of water. The 195-foot ship was built in Gibraltar, Michigan, and weighed in at 735-ton, being owned by the Shores Lumber Company.

Footage taken of the wreckage show the large wooden appears to have remained largely intact in the water.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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To: NorthMountain

That’s what propelled her career. 🤣


41 posted on 05/01/2024 5:15:58 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: RckyRaCoCo

This is very nice, thank you.. :)


42 posted on 05/01/2024 5:38:12 PM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

43 posted on 05/02/2024 10:20:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: A strike

I hate boats, I used to own one


44 posted on 05/02/2024 10:54:45 AM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: waterhill

A hole in the water you’d pour money into?


45 posted on 05/02/2024 12:01:29 PM PDT by null and void (Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you, except our side, of course!)
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To: null and void

Pretty much. Next ones gonna be a canoe.


46 posted on 05/02/2024 12:32:21 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

6⁰0 + feet down with no oxygen. Probably bones down there. But they will probably fall apart when you touch them.


47 posted on 05/02/2024 12:38:52 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: waterhill

You’re not going down there on a scuba rig.


48 posted on 05/02/2024 12:49:17 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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You may be able to find some guy with a fiberglass tub.....


49 posted on 05/02/2024 12:52:17 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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To: alloysteel

I recall seeing a story , probably 20 years ago , about folks that raise up old logs and mill them. It was quite lucrative from what they were saying.


50 posted on 05/02/2024 1:00:16 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: A strike

“This history has absolutely nothing to do with the Edmund Fitzgerald other than water.”

Au contraire mon frere

Both vessels were freighters hauling cargo when they sank.

Both went down without a trace and said to have “vanished”

Both failed to send a distress signal before they went down

Both crews died as a result of adhering to their commercial obligations.

Both were committed to a commercial time table they had little capacity to alter.

Both sank with all hands.

Both were a mystery when they went down.

Both were mourned by families and mariners for years.
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Live a little will ya...

Maybe some day you’ll have greater respect for people who die adhering to their obligations and keeping their agreements. That’s what the Big-Pants-People do - they adhere to their obligations.


51 posted on 05/02/2024 1:15:58 PM PDT by Justa
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To: OldHarbor

History Channel. Log men or somesuch. They find hickory and pine and cedar etc. in the river bottoms. Very lucrative.


52 posted on 05/02/2024 1:43:15 PM PDT by waterhill (I Believe!)
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