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Survivor survives as Morrell sinks in Great Lakes storm
Dennis Hale, lone survivor of the freighter Daniel J. Morrell disaster on Lake Huron, recounts the night the ship split and sank while 12 crewmen died and 16 went missing. Hale was rescued after 34 hours in freezing water, credits divine intervention and medical care, and returns to his Ashtabula, Ohio family.
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Harbor Beach
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Dennis Hale
Daniel J. Morrell
Great Lakes
Bertha
Hale
Morrell
Lake Huron
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Father
Cornelius McEchin