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As Duluth citizens went about their morning business, four freighters, loaded with the last ore shipment of the year, left the protecting arms of Minnesota Point and turned their bows toward the blast furnaces of the East. Looking to the sky, the crews gambled that they could outrun one of Superior’s infamous early-winter storms. With tremendous force, a storm blasted the four freighters, dancing the multi-ton ships on the mammoth waves. As towns- people watched, two of the four freighters managed to make it back to the relatively calm waters behind Minnesota Point. The third, although damaged as it rounded the point, limped to safety. The fourth freighter, the Mataafa, was not so fortunate. Churning, frigid water ran fierce and high spinning the 4,840-ton Mataafa like a top. In the same moment, the freighter was struck from behind by a blast of wind and thrown against the pier. Pelted by sleet and icy water, the crew felt the shudder as their ship was split in two. Miraculously, Captain R.F. Humble and fifteen of his crewmen made it through the night huddling around a bonfire built of the captain’s furniture, and lived to tell about the storm. The tragedy, however, lay in the stern of the freighter, where nine men had either frozen to death or were drowned. In the heyday of the iron ore industry—between 1890 and 1920—such drama at sea was a way of life. Without radar, electronic communications, or even the equipment to accurately forecast weather, freighter crews were at the mercy of shipping schedules and the moody Great Lakes. More than fifty ships were lost on Lake Superior in the 1890s. Between 1900 and 1910, 350 ships had major accidents, at least 84 ships were destroyed, and 250 sailors lost their lives. The frequency of shipping disasters paralleled the explosion in the shipping industry. Standing as sentries to one of the world’s best harbors, Duluth and its neighbor, Superior, Wisconsin, grew from sleepy logging towns into thriving cities and reigned over the vast inland resources of lumber, iron ore, and grain. Transcontinental railroads and local mining railroads made beelines for the Duluth- Superior docks. Shipping ore through the Great Lakes was the cheapest and most efficient means of getting the raw material to Eastern mills. A Great Lakes freighter could cover 800 miles with a shipment of ore for about 70 cents a ton, while shipping ore the same distance by railroad could cost up to $5 a ton. The savings were unresistable. While Mesabi Range ore was being gobbled up by eastern steel mills, the same Eastern states—particularly Pennsylvania—were flush with coal needed in Minnesota and points west to fire the turn-of-the-century industrial boom. Lake Superior became a two- way shipping street, and by the mid-1880s more than 2 million tons of coal were hauled to Duluth, much of it used to power the steam shovels digging ore on the Mesabi Range. Hand in hand, the coal and iron ore industries grew together. By 1913, Duluth had twenty-four coal docks. Duluth-Superior became one of the leading ports in the United States; it even outranked New York City for a short time. In addition to iron ore, ships leaving carried more than 1 million barrels of flour a year to the East Coast, where it was exported to Great Britain, the West Indies, Brazil, and Germany. Special freighters, called lumber hookers, carried Minnesota pine. When the North Shore lumber industry was at its peak, more than 150 carloads of lumber arrived daily at Duluth docks. In 1902, Duluth mills sawed a record one billion board feet of lumber. But the pine would soon disappear and by 1925 only one sawmill remained. Minnesota’s logging empire came to an end A similar boom-and-bust story can be told of Duluth’s commercial fishing industry. In the early part of the 1880’s, nearly half a million pounds of whitefish were salted and shipped in barrels. Refrigeration made it possible to send even more fresh frozen fish by rail to the West and South, and by ship to the East. First it was whitefish, and when they were played out, fishermen turned to lake trout and then to herring. It eventually came to where more fish were being taken out of the lake faster than nature could replace, and although in 1910 a fish hatchery was built by the federal government to replenish the waters, it was too little too late. Sport fishing is the main sustenance today. What’s left for Duluth? Principal industries still include manufacturing and food processing plants along with wool, lumber and paper mills, cold storage plants, fisheries, grain elevators, and oil refineries also still exist. 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A Minnesota
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A Minnesota
MinuteIt was late November 1905 and the steel-gray sky above Lake Superior gave no tice of the winter ahead. As Duluth citizens went about their morning business, four freighters, loaded with the last ore shipment of the year, left the protecting arms of Minnesota Point and turned their bows toward the blast furnaces of the East. Looking to the sky, the crews gambled that they could outrun one of Superior’s infamous early-winter storms.
With tremendous force, a storm blasted the four freighters,dancing the multi-ton ships on the mammoth waves. As towns-people watched, two of the four freighters managed to make it back to the relatively calm waters behind Minnesota Point. The third, although damaged as it rounded the point, limped to safety. The fourth freighter, the Mataafa, was not so fortunate. Churning, frigidwater ran fierce and high spinning the 4,840-ton Mataafa like a top. In the same moment, the freighter was struck from behind by a blast of wind and thrown against the pier. Pelted by sleet and icy water, the crew felt the shudder as their ship was split in two.
Miraculously, Captain R.F. Humble and fifteen of hiscrewmen made it through the night huddling around a bonfire built of the captain’s furniture, and lived to tell about the storm. Thetragedy, however, lay in the stern of the freighter, where nine men had either frozen to death or were drowned.
In the heyday of the iron ore industry—between 1890and 1920—such drama at sea was a way of life. Without radar, electronic communications, or even the equipment to accuratelyforecast weather, freighter crews were at the mercy of shippingschedules and the moody Great Lakes. More than fifty ships were lost on Lake Superior in the 1890s. Between 1900 and 1910, 350 ships had major accidents, at least 84 ships were destroyed, and 250 sailors lost their lives.
The frequency of shipping disasters paralleled the explosionin the shipping indus try. Standing as sentries to one of the world’s best harbors, Duluth and its neighbor, Superior, Wisconsin, grewfrom sleepy logging towns into thriving cities and reigned over thevast inland resources of lumber, iron ore, and grain. Transcontinentalrailroads and local mining railroads made beelines for the Duluth-Superior docks.
Shipping ore through the Great Lakes was the cheapest andmost efficient means of getting the raw material to Eastern mills. A Great Lakes freighter could cover 800 miles with a shipment of orefor about 70 cents a ton, while shipping ore the same dis tance byrailroad could cost up to $5 a ton. The savings were unresistable.While Mesabi Range ore was being gobbled up by eastern steelmills, the same Eastern states—particularly Pennsylvania—wereflush with coal needed in Minnesota and points west to fire the turn-of-the-century industrial boom. Lake Superior became a two-way shipping street, and by the mid-1880s more than 2 milliontons of coal were hauled to Duluth, much of it used to power the steam shovels digging ore on the Mesabi Range. Hand in hand, thecoal and iron ore industries grew together. By 1913, Duluth hadtwenty-four coal docks.
Duluth-Superior became one of the leading ports in theUnited States; it even outranked New York City for a short time.In addition to iron ore, ships leaving carried more than 1 millionbarrels of flour a year to the East Coast, where it was exportedto Great Britain, the West Indies, Brazil, and Germany. Specialfreighters, called lumber hookers, carried Minnesota pine. Whenthe North Shore lumber industry was at its peak, more than 150 carloads of lumber arrived daily at Duluth docks. In 1902, Duluth mills sawed a record one billion board feet of lumber. But the pine would soon disappear and by 1925 only one sawmill remained. Minnesota’s logging empire came to an end
A similar boom-and-bust story can be told of Duluth’scommercial fishing indus try. In the early part of the 1880’s, nearlyhalf a million pounds of whitefish were salted and shipped in barrels. Refrigeration made it possible to send even more freshfrozen fish by rail to the West and South, and by ship to the East. First it was whitefish, and when they were played out, fishermenturned to lake trout and then to herring. It eventu ally came to wheremore fish were being taken out of the lake faster than na ture couldreplace, and although in 1910 a fish hatchery was built by thefederal government to replenish the waters, it was too little too late.Sport fishing is the main sustenance today.
What’s left for Duluth? Principal industries still includemanufacturing and food processing plants along with wool, lumberand paper mills, cold storage plants, fisheries, grain elevators, andoil refineries also still exist.The city is a regional banking, retailing, and medical care center for the northern areas of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan. More than8,000 jobs in Duluth are directly related to the hospital industry.Arts, entertainment and a year-round recreation environment have contributed to expansion of the tourist industry with some 3.5million visitors each year contributing to the local economy.
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Fable of the PorcupineIt was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the heat that came from the others. This way they were able to survive. The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities. The moral of the story is: Learn to live with the pricks in your life!
On Aug. 17, 1877, William “Billy the Kid” Bonney kills his fi rst man, an Arizona blacksmith. Just how many men Billy the Kid killed is uncertain. He reportedly once claimed he had killed 21 men, “one for every year of my life.”
On Aug. 15, 1914, the Panama Canal, the American-built waterway across the Isthmus of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacifi c oceans, is inaugurated. U.S. engineers moved nearly 240 million cubic yards of earth and spent close to $400 million in constructing the 40-mile-long canal.
On Aug. 18, 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returns from a supply trip to England to fi nd no trace of the 100 colonists he left behind. The only clue to their disappearance was the word “CROATOAN” carved into the palisade around the settlement.
On Aug. 21, 1920, Daphne Milne, wife of English writer A.A. Milne, gives birth to a son, Christopher Robin Milne. When Christopher Robin received a stuffed bear as a present, his father began writing a series of stories about the bear. Christopher Robin was immortalized in A.A. Milne’s books “Winnie-the-Pooh” and “The House at Pooh Corner.”
On Aug. 16, 1948, baseball legend George Herman “Babe” Ruth dies from cancer in New York City. For two days, tens of thousands of fans stood in line to pay their last respects. Ruth hit a record 60 home runs in the 1927 season and led the Yankees to seven pennants.
On Aug. 19, 1960, in the USSR, captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his confessed espionage. Only 18 months into his sentence, the Soviets released him in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy who was caught and convicted in the United States fi ve years earlier.
On Aug. 20, 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez shoot their parents, Jose and Kitty, to death in the den of the family’s Beverly Hills, Calif., home. Police were fi nally tipped off to the brothers by the girlfriend of Erik’s psychotherapist, who’d taped Erik’s confession in counseling sessions.
London on her 67th birthday. Bergman was best known for her role as Ilsa Lund in “Casablanca.”
On Sept. 1, 1836, Narcissa Whitman, a missionary, arrives in Walla Walla, Wash., becoming one of the fi rst Anglo women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains. In 1847, a measles epidemic killed many of the Cayuse Indians. In retaliation, a band of Cayuse killed 14 people, including Narcissa and her husband.
On Sept. 4, 1886, Geronimo, the wiliest and most dangerous Apache warrior of his time, fi nally surrenders in Skeleton Canyon, Ariz. Geronimo never learned to use a gun, yet he armed his men with the best modern rifl es he could obtain and even used fi eld glasses to aid reconnaissance during his campaigns.
On Sept. 2, 1923, aftershocks and out-of-control fi res rock Tokyo, Japan, and the surrounding area following an 8.3-magnitude earthquake. In total, 143,000 people died in the disaster. The Imperial Hotel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, sank 2 feet into the ground but still managed to stand.
On Sept. 3, 1939, Britain and France declare war on Germany. The fi rst casualty of that declaration was the British ocean liner Athenia, which
was sunk that evening by a German submarine.
On Aug. 31, 1955, William G. Cobb of the General Motors Corp. demonstrates his 15-inch-long “Sunmobile,” the world’s fi rst solar-powered automobile. When sunlight hit 12 photoelectric cells made of selenium (a nonmetal substance with conducting properties) built into the Sunmobile, an electric current was produced that in turn powered a tiny motor.
On Aug. 30, 1963, a “hot line” between Moscow and Washington goes into effect to speed communication between the governments of the United States and the Soviet Union and help prevent the possibility of an accidental war. The hot line was never really necessary to prevent war, but it did provide a useful prop for movies about nuclear disaster, such as “Fail Safe” and “Dr. Strangelove.”
On Aug. 29, 1982, the Swedish-born actress and three-time Academy Award winner Ingrid Bergman dies of cancer in London on her 67th birthday. Bergman was best known for her role as Ilsa Lund in “Casablanca.”
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Overcoming the Odds:Falling from the Sky
What would you do if you were in an airplane miles above the earth and the unthinkable happened — the plane breaks apart, and you suddenly fi nd yourself in a free fall? If you were above 10,000 feet, you would quickly lose consciousness due to thin air. When you reached 10,000 feet, you may wake up. A free fall from 35,000 feet would take about three minutes with a landing speed of around 125 miles per hour! (Of course, the time and rate of speed depend on your weight and the amount of air drag created by the position of your body.) The following stories are about two amazing survivors of free-falling experiences. • In April 1944, Pilot Joe Herman of the Royal Australian Air Force and his crew were on a mission to bomb munitions factories at Bochum. After dropping its bombs, the plane was struck by enemy fi re. Herman ordered his crew to bail out, but before he could secure his parachute, the plane exploded, and he was thrown into the night air. • As he was falling, he bumped into what he thought was debris. In a panic, Herman grabbed on, but then realized it was the leg of mid-upper gunner, John Vivashand, who at that moment was opening his parachute. The parachute infl ated slowly, which helped Herman maintain his fi rm grasp. The two men came down safely with Herman hitting the ground fi rst. His only injury was two broken ribs. • On Christmas Eve, 1971, LANSA Flight 508 from Lima, Peru, to Pucallpa, Peru, was struck by lightning at 21,000 feet. A fi re started, and systems began failing, causing the pilots to loose control of the aircraft. The plane soon went into a dive. • The turbulent forces on the wings caused them to tear away from the aircraft as it came crashing down into a mountainous region of the Amazon. Amongst the debris, 17-year-old Juliane Margaret Koepcke regained consciousness after an unknown amount of time, still strapped in her seat. • All the other 91 people aboard — six crew members and 85 passengers, including Koepcke's mother, were dead. Koepcke miraculously sustained only a broken collarbone. She spent the next 10 days alone and lost in the jungle with only a bag of candy for food. • Her father once told her to survive in the jungle, follow water. Koepcke waded from tiny streams to larger ones until on the tenth day, she made it to the bank of the Shebonya River where she saw a canoe tethered to the shoreline. • After climbing up an embankment, she found a hut. As it turned out, it belonged to a group of lumberjacks. They found her the next day. The incident was seen as a miracle of divine intervention in Peru, and free-fall statistics seem to support this thought. Her story has been the subject of two fi lms, the most recent being a Werner Herzog documentary called “Wings of Hope.”
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