1916 Black Friday storm

The 1916 Black Friday storm was a large storm that passed over Lake Erie on Friday, October 20, 1916. Dubbed "Black Friday", the "perfect storm" sank four large ships, killing forty-nine people. The ships that were sunk by the violent weather were James B. Colgate, Marshall F. Butters, D. L. Filer and Mérida. In the western part of the lake, "the convergence of two high pressure systems and a minor hurricane" created the large storm that day.

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