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The worst single ship disaster in all of Lake Huron happened 140 years ago this month in 1882 when a Canadian ship sank in a violent storm near the middle of…
Courtesy Photo Frank Mays is pictured in this photo provided by Beck Funeral Home. ALPENA — Frank Mays, the last living survivor of the 1958 wreck of the Carl D. Bradley, died on Thursday. Originally from Rogers City, Mays was one of two people to survive the sinking of the Bradley, a self-unloading bulk freighter that split in two and sank during a storm on Nov. 18, 1958 about 12 miles south of Gull Island on Lake Michigan. The 89-year-old died at Advent Health Hospital in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to his obituary. Mays moved to Florida in 1982 and lived in Dade City. “Coming s...