In November 1913, the deadliest and most destructive storm ever to strike the Great Lakes battered the region for more than three days as a freshwater "White Hurricane" with winds of hurricane intensity. Nineteen vessels were lost, nineteen more were grounded, and an estimated 248 sailors were killed, though the exact number will never be known. Lakeside communities in Michigan and Ontario were paralyzed by several feet of snow, huge drifts, destroyed docks, and immense waves. On Lake Huron, smaller ships sought shelter, but several newer large Great Lakes steamships ventured out and met catastrophe. The Regina, carrying sewer and gas pipe and a crew of 20, turned back north of Harbor Beach while trying to return to the safety of the St. Clair River, but sank between Port Sanilac and Lexington, Michigan. The Argus broke in half and sank along the Canadian shore with her crew of twenty-five. The Hydrus, carrying iron ore, likely became trapped in the trough of the waves, her cargo shifted, and she rolled over and sank with her crew of twenty-eight. The John A. McGean disappeared with coal and a crew of twenty-eight after last being seen not far from Saginaw Bay. The Howard M. Hanna Jr. suffered severe damage, was driven onto the rocky Port Austin reef east of the Port Austin Reef Light, broke into two sections under the pounding waves, and her entire crew was rescued the next day. The Charles S. Price fought the storm for almost 60 miles before apparently trying to return to the St. Clair River; days later she was found floating bottom up near Port Huron, and her crew of twenty-eight perished. The Isaac M. Scott went down northeast of Alpena with all twenty-eight hands and no witnesses survived to tell what happened. The James C. Carruthers, the largest and newest ship lost in the storm, was carrying over 10,000 tons of wheat when she is thought to have been blown into the trough of the sea and lost with her crew of twenty-five; debris washed ashore near Kinncardin, Ontario, but the wreck has not been found. The S.S. Wexford, carrying steel rails, was lost with all hands on November 9, 1913, and now rests upright in 75 feet of water, with the number of crew lost ranging from 17 to 24. At Harbor Beach Harbor of Refuge, ships crowded in during the storm, some were blown near shore and badly damaged, and the remains of the Dorcas Pendell still lie at the south end of the harbor. The storm of 1913 stands as a testament to the power of nature.