The L C Waldo was one of many ships that were stuck on the Great Lakes by the 1913 storm. The storm has several nicknames, including the White Hurricane. Many of the men who survived the storm would simply call it the worst storm they had ever seen. As for the men of the L C Waldo, they would say it was a very close call.
Ship Name: L C Waldo
Nationality: United States
Ship Type: Steel Hulled Steam Cargo Freighter
Tonnage: 4244
Wrecked: 1913
Reason for Wreck: The Storm of 1913
Location Wrecked: Lake Superior
Lives Lost: None
Sources:
Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes by Dwight Boyer, (Dodd, Mead 1968)
True Tales of the Great Lakes by Dwight Boyer (Freshwater Press Inc 1971)
Wreck Ahore by Frederick Stonehouse (Lake Superior Port Cities Inc 1994)
So Terrible a Storm by Curt Brown (Voyageur Press 2008)
https://www.greatlakesvesselhistory.com/histories-by-name/w/waldo-l-c
https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/440496
https://www.lakesuperior.com/the-lake/great-lakes/frozen-fury-the-1913-white-hurricane/
https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/2018/11/daring_rescue_saved_sailors_en.html
https://www.stantontownship.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Gold-Medal-rescue-on-the-Waldo.pdf
