Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 382
toward the Straits of Mackinac. There is another matter in which the gov-ernment has been interesting itself—the wreckson the lakes. Many more things conspire towreck a boat on the lakes, it would seem, thanon the ocean. The shores of the lakes havebeen the scenes of many disastrous wrecks, andmany… … MAI SHOWING CURRENTS OF THE GREAT LAKES. loss, and the number of lives destroyed. TheSignal-Service is of great aid to the sailors ofthe lakes in advising them in advance of com-ing storms. I well remember escaping a largepart of a terrible storm on the lakes by the in-formation the captain secured…
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