Oceanliner Designs on MSN

How a German submarine attack sank the Lusitania in less than 20 minutes

On May 7, 1915, the RMS Lusitania was nearing the Irish coast when a German U-boat fired a single torpedo. Within 18 minutes, the ship had sunk, leaving over a thousand dead and just over 700 ...
Oceanliner Designs on MSN

Real Lusitania photos showing the aftermath of the sinking

On May 7th, 1915 the Cunard luxury liner Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Ireland. 20 year old wireless operator David McCormick stopped to take some photos of the scene and his ...
Tennessean

I-40 westbound shut down after wreck near Nashville airport

This story has been updated to add additonal information. Interstate 40 westbound shut down after a rollover wreck killed a man near the Briley Parkway exit on Nov. 30. The wreck, first reported ...
Slate

The Legend Lives on From the Chippewa on Down

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. The gales of November came early—and in ...
WDIO

Rafe Carlson releases version of “The Wreck of Edmund Fitzgerald”

Hermantown native Rafe Carlson has recorded the iconic song, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” He’d post shorter clips of him singing it on social media, and people encouraged him to release the ...
MLive

A wreck apart: 50 years later, the Edmund Fitzgerald legend endures

DETROIT — “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot is a popular song and a cultural touchstone known to draw tears around the Great Lakes. But it hits differently for Darren Muljo. He ...
Duluth News Tribune

Local View: Fitzgerald wreck 50 years ago recalls other maritime disasters

Nearly all Duluthians and Northlanders are familiar with the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, 50 years ago on Nov. 10, 1975, taking with it all 29 crew members. Many who were around when it happened ...
sooleader

Documentary revisits Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy 50 years later

Fifty years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975, the iron ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a gale on Lake Superior, just a few miles from reaching safe harbor. The vessel was lost without warning, along with ...
WAFF

I-65 reopened following multi-vehicle wreck involving truck hauling lumber

CULLMAN CO., Ala. (WAFF) - The scene of a multi-vehicle wreck involving a truck hauling lumber has been cleared, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials report. Early Thursday morning, the northbound ...
WHNT

Northbound lanes of I-65 reopen after Cullman wreck involving lumber truck

CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) – The northbound lanes of I-65 in Cullman have reopened following a wreck involving a lumber truck. According to a post from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, the wreck ...
American Songwriter

Behind the Meaning of Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” 50 Years After the Sinking

Most songs about historical events are written many years after the events themselves. It takes a while to know what events will be consequential and which ones will fade from memory. The Edmund ...