Great Ships on the Great Lakes by Cathy Green

Author:Cathy Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
Published: 2013-03-18T04:00:00+00:00

The lightship Peshtigo

Wisconsin Maritime Museum Collection

A lifesaving crew at work near Two Rivers. The Francis Hinton is wrecked in the background.

Wisconsin Maritime Museum Collection

Edith Morgan

One hero of a lifesaving station on Lake Michigan was Edith Morgan, the young daughter of the station’s keeper at Grand Point au Sable. The steamer City of Toledo wrecked in late December 1879, after the summer lifesaving crew was gone for the season. Edith spent many hours in the freezing water and snow alongside other volunteers who lived nearby. She and the men used a long line of rope stretching from the ship to the shore to pull the stranded crew off the ship. The year before, Edith had jumped into a lighthouse rescue boat with her father in an attempt to reach another stranded ship. She was awarded a silver lifesaving medal for her heroic actions.

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