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Episode 137 - SS Daniel J. Morrell, Part I

Beyond the Breakers

English - July 10, 2024 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratings
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Part One (of two, we promise) on the sinking of the lake freighter Daniel J. Morrell in 1966.

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Sources:

Boyer, Dwight. Ships and Men of the Great Lakes. Freshwater Press, 1977. 

History of Steelmaking in Johnstown

Morrell, Daniel J. Great Lakes Vessel History.

Schumacher, Michael. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. University of Minnesota Press, 2005. 

Schumacher, Michael. Torn In Two: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man’s Survival on the Open Sea. University of Minnesota Press, 2016. 

Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, 2000. 



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