by Garret Ellison, M Live
LAKE SUPERIOR — Caught in a freezing gale, Captain A.E. White was unable to do anything but watch as the icy waters of Lake Superior claimed the schooner Nelson, which was under his tow en route to the Keweenaw Peninsula.
“Before we were aware of her danger, she began sinking,” White, captain of the steamer A. Folsom, told a newspaper reporter in May 1899.
“In a few minutes, she dove to the bottom.”
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