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On November 18, 1958, a 623-foot limestone carrier - caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history - broke in two and sank in under five minutes. Four of the 35-person staff escaped to a tiny raft, to that they clung altogether darkness, braving 30-foot waves and frigid temperatures. As the surprise raged on, a search-and-rescue objective hunted for survivors, while the frantic citizens of close by Rogers City, Michigan, the hardscrabble town that was home to 26 associates of the Carl D. Bradley's staff, anxiously awaited term of their beloved ones' fates. In Wreck of the Carl D., Michael Schumacher reconstructs the awful crash, perilous search, and chilling aftermath for the small Michigan town so intimately afflicted by the tragedy. The booklet is publicized by Indiana College or university.
