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« on: September 12, 2014, 11:25:32 am »
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A 115-year-old mystery finally has been solved.

In May 1899, a storm on Lake Superior caused a boat to sink so quickly that, as an eyewitness put it, the vessel "disappeared as suddenly as one could snuff out a candle."

But now, more than a century after its mysterious disappearance, the 199-foot schooner "Nelson" has been located.

Researchers with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society in Paradise, Mich. found the ship in August along the lake's "Shipwreck Coast," according to a statement released by the society. The area has historically been treacherous, and claims dozens of shipwrecks.

The researchers used sonar to map the lake's bottom. Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society Executive Director Bruce Lynn told The Huffington Post that the process was slow, even boring -- a bit like "mowing the lake." Once the researchers located the wreck, a team of divers and a remotely operated submersible went down for a look. The remarkably intact boat was found resting in more than 200 feet of water, Lynn said, its name still legible on its bow. A diver took the photographs of the wreck.

The Nelson was on its way to Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula when winds and freezing rain hit and iced over the deck, according to Lynn. Capt. Andrew Haganey saw to it that the seven-person crew as well as his wife and child made it into a lifeboat. But before the lifeboat could be detached from the Nelson, the ship sank. Haganey was the sole survivor.

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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2014, 05:58:15 pm »
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Interesting read, thanks for posting.

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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2014, 09:01:35 pm »
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That is a good, ODF.  Thanks for posting it.

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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2014, 09:12:57 pm »
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Strange how he survived and, everyone else was in a life raft, and the ship went to the bottom so fast. I wonder how he managed that? Must be more to the story than was posted there.

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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2014, 09:14:32 am »
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I think that it was an event of bad luck, life boats were still attached when she went down. Also you have to remember the in those days many people did not know how to swim and with the ship going down so close to them that they were probably sucked under.

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Xavier,

That sounds plausible.

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