What's the most famous November shipwreck? The 729-foot-long Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior in 1975, taking down its entire 29-member crew, according to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.
3. A heavy north-east gale commenced at 9 o'clock last night, lasting ten hours. A great quantity of rain fell. The noon tide, to-day, overflowed several of the wharves, doing considerable damage ...