On November 9-10, 1913 a Great Lakes storm sank eight large ore carriers drowning 270 sailors.
Nov 14, 1913, page 1 – The Daily Standard at Newspapers.com
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank under similar circumstances on November 10, 1975.
By 1913, 14,000 vessels had sunk on the Great Lakes
Nov 29, 1913, page 13 – The Ottawa Journal at Newspapers.com