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Book

The Wexford : elusive shipwreck of the great storm, 1913

Call Number

  • H 977 C3196 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Toronto : Natural Heritage Books, c2010.

Physical Description

326 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Historical perspectives: Great Britain to the Great Lakes
  • The skipper's log
  • The final voyage
  • The crew list, November 1913
  • A memorial: November 16, 1913
  • Weather forecasting in 1913: descriptions of the storm
  • The carnage of the storm
  • The aftermath: consequences abound
  • The Goderich inquest
  • Searching for the Wexford
  • The wreck today
  • The plunder of the Wexford.

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