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The Great Storm of 1913 lasted from November 7th through the 11th and was often called the Big Blow, the Freshwater Fury, or the White Hurricane. It struck four of the five Great Lakes and was especially ferocious on Lake Huron. Captain Frank Kimball, who weathered the storm inside the tower, recalled watching waves 30 to 40 feet high pounding the Light Station and believed that if the storm had lasted another hour, the Light Station would have been wiped out. When the storm ended, 19 ships had been destroyed, 19 others had been stranded, and more than 250 lives had been lost.
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