Posted by Jeff Moore on December 16, 19102 at 09:49:37:
UNDERSEA RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR THE 2002 SEASON!
FOLLOWING IS A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF THE STORY:
DATELINE……NOVEMBER 21ST, 1934, 3:27 AM, OFF THUNDER BAY (NEAR ALPENA, MICHIGAN) IN LAKE HURON. THE STEAMER W. C. FRANZ WIRELESS OPERATOR: “COLLISION!!! CALLING ALL VESSELS!! CREW TAKING TO THE LIFEBOATS!”
FOUR CREWMEN PERISH AS THE FRANZ SINKS
UP BOUND AND LIGHT, THE 350’ STEAMER FRANZ COMPLETED HER FINAL VOYAGE IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THAT FATEFUL DAY. THE STEAMER LOOMIS, DOWN BOUND WITH PACKAGED FREIGHT, STRUCK DEEPLY INTO THE PORTSIDE OF THE W. C. FRANZ. BRIEF RADIO MESSAGES FROM THE CANADIAN VESSEL W. C. FRANZ TELL OF THE MISHAP AND QUICK ORDERS TO TAKE TO THE LIFEBOATS. THE LIFEBOATS OF THE FRANZ WERE NOT IN GOOD REPAIR AND THE CREW JUMPED INTO DANGEROUSLY COLD WATERS. THE STEAMER LOOMIS LOWERED LIFEBOATS AND PICKED UP SURVIVORS FROM FRIGID LAKE HURON.
THE STEAMER W. C. FRANZ IS SITTING UPRIGHT ON THE FLOOR OF LAKE HURON, REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED. UNDERWATER EXPLORERS HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST DOCUMENTATION PHASE OF THE SHIP. A PROGRAM IS BEING PRODUCED AND THE STORY OF FRANZ’S HISTORY, DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, AND THE MYSTERIES REGARDING HER LOSS WILL BE PROVIDED TO INTERESTED GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
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