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The Mobile Bay Sailing Disaster was a maritime disaster during the 57th Annual Dauphin Island Yacht Race, in Mobile Bay, Alabama on April 25, 2015. [1] The event resulted in the deaths of six sailors, one of whose body was never recovered, and 8 sunken vessels.
A barrier island chain off the coast of Mississippi and 70% of Dauphin Island were completely inundated by the storm's surge. [24] Camille caused about $950 million (1969 dollars) of damage in Mississippi.
On Dauphin Island, a storm surge of 15 ft (4.6 m) moved ashore, destroying over 350 houses. [49] Only 50 have since been rebuilt. [50] As a result of the storm surge, an oil rig under construction along the Mobile River was dislodged, sending it down the river where it struck the Cochrane Bridge.
At 12:00 UTC on September 12, Frederic attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 943 mbar (27.8 inHg). Early on the next day, the storm made landfall near Dauphin Island and then near the Alabama–Mississippi state line. The storm rapidly weakened and fell to tropical ...
Lady Anne, a wooden-hulled motor launch, was built as a private pleasure craft for Daniel G. Whitlock of Eltingville, Staten Island, who intended to use her for summer cruises on the Hudson River and Long Island Sound. [1] Her original name, Danna, was a compression of the given names of Whitlock and his wife Anna.
Lucy Maud Montgomery's books on Anne Shirley # Book: Date published: Anne Shirley's age 1: Anne of Green Gables: 1908: 11 – 16 2: Anne of Avonlea: 1909: 16 – 18 3: Anne of the Island: 1915: 18 – 22 4: Anne of Windy Poplars/Anne of Windy Willows: 1936: 22 – 25 5: Anne's House of Dreams: 1917: 25 – 27 6: Anne of Ingleside: 1939: 34 ...
Dawn Wells, the actress best known for her iconic role as the sweet, girl-next-door castaway Mary Ann Summers on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island, died Wednesday, December 30, at the age of 82.
State Route 193 (SR 193) is a 26.581-mile-long (42.778 km) route that serves as the primary travel route into Dauphin Island through southern Mobile County.South of its intersection with Laurendine Road, SR 193 is known as Dauphin Island Parkway, with the northern half of Dauphin Island Parkway routed along SR 163.