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SS G. P. Griffith was a passenger steamer that burned and sank on Lake Erie on 17 June 1850, resulting in the loss of between 241 and 289 lives. [1]: 54 The destruction of the G. P. Griffith was the greatest loss of life on the Great Lakes up to that point, and remains the third-greatest today, after the Eastland in 1915 and the Lady Elgin in 1860.
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The search is on for a small alligator in Erie, Pennsylvania, after it was caught on video last weekend swimming just off the shore of Lake Erie.
The largest known seiche on Lake Erie was a 22-foot event that killed 77 people and dammed Niagara Falls with ice, temporarily stopping the waterfall from flowing. More recently, a 16-foot seiche ...
Erie was a steamship that operated as a passenger freighter on the Great Lakes. It caught fire and sank on August 9, 1841, resulting in the loss of an estimated 254 lives, making it one of the deadliest disasters in the history of the Great Lakes. The Erie had a wooden hull and used a side-wheel paddle for propulsion.
A 4-year-old boy died and an older child was rushed to the hospital early Friday morning after fire broke out in a residence on Erie's east side. Erie Bureau of Fire crews who entered the 1½ ...
The victory on Lake Erie had disproportionate strategic import. [34] The Americans controlled Lake Erie for the remainder of the war. This accounted for much of the Americans' successes on the Niagara peninsula in 1814 and also removed the threat of a British attack on Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Western New York.
A Springfield News-Sun article about the 1969 jump notes that the skydivers wore light clothing and flotation devices. [55] In 2020, one man who had gotten off the bomber before it took off told The Advertiser-Tribune of Tiffin , Ohio, that he was considering celebrating his 90th birthday, four years thence, by doing the same.
Erie County Coroner's Office rules death accidental, waiting on toxicology tests for cause. Coroner identifies 56-year-old woman who died in fire at Erie's Richford Arms Skip to main content