Lady Elgin Memorial; Group Seeks Berth for Steamer Statue
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › May 21, 2008
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It was said the sounds of mourning came from nearly every house in Milwaukee's Third Ward and that the city's Irish population was decimated after an excursion steamer, headed back from Chicago, sank on a stormy September night in 1860.
Nearly a century and a half later, a two-story, bronze sculpture is being planned as a memorial for the 300 or so who died when the Lady Elgin went down, the second greatest loss of life in the recorded history of the Great Lakes.See the full content of this document
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Lady Elgin Memorial; Group Seeks Berth for Steamer Statue
The sculpture's design, created by local artist Tom Queoff, looks like a large hand emerging from the waves, grasped by a rescuing hand with lightning bolts protruding from the top and lighted from within.
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