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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.
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 ...
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 Erie County Coroner's Office has released the name of a 4-year-old boy who died in an east Erie house fire earlier this month as city fire and police investigators continue their probe into ...
"15 Skydivers Feared Dead after Landing in Lake Erie". The Hanford Sentinel. Hanford, Calif. United Press International. August 28, 1967a. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. "2 Dead, 14 Missing As 18 Sky Divers Fall Into Lake Erie: Wind Blows Sky Divers Off Course". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 28, 1967a. pp. 1, 42.
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.
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 ...
Put-in-Bay Township - northeast, across Lake Erie; Portage Township - southeast; Bay Township - south; Salem Township - southwest; Carroll Township - northwest; A small part of the city of Port Clinton, the county seat of Ottawa County, is located in southwestern Erie Township, and the unincorporated community of Lacarne lies in the township's ...