The Goodyear Disaster a collision on Lake Huron that cost 18 lives

In this video we'll document the disastrous collision between the FRANK H. GOODYEAR and the JAMES B. WOOD in May of 1910. This wreck cost 18 lives. The video also contains underwater video of what the wreck looks like on the lake bottom right now.
The GOODYEAR and her captain had been instrumental in another wreck just one year earlier. See that video here: • Toward the sounds of d...

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Hate the zebra mussels. Imagine the wrecks without them.

[@johnkelley9877]

This was a really well done tutorial. The photos, story and especially the underwater video were fantastic! Thank you for sharing this.

[@authorwes]

Thanks so much!

[@ringding1000]

A great and well told story of a tragedy that should not have happened. The underwater video really brought the story to life. These are stories that need be told and retold to future generations.

[@authorwes]

Thanks

[@sse_weston4138]

I like that some of the photos of the Goodyear are edited to resemble her in fog, very immersive to the story

[@authorwes]

Just a little illustrative trickery... done with a piece of software that went out of date in 1997.

[@adriannegrillo8394]

Absolutely fascinating true story. I do enjoy all you present to us!! Thank you so much for sharing with us!

[@authorwes]

Thanks!

[@DanPlusWater]

The video looks fine Wes. I think you're editing job went well. I found the old portrait captions very amusing.. Lol.. Looking forward to your next video.

[@authorwes]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@don66hotrod94]

Another great one, Wes. Thank You!

[@authorwes]

My pleasure!

[@johnsrabe]

Wes, this is really good stuff. Thanks.

[@authorwes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@justdestruction4675]

I really liked the underwater photage

[@authorwes]

Thank the guys in the ending credits... they did all of that work.

[@BigLisaFan]

Most interesting story. Seeing the wreck very well preserved was awesome. The rudder and propellor just as they were when the ship sank frozen in time forever. Too bad there was no picture of the collision area but you can't have everything. Looking forward to the next video.

[@authorwes]

Thanks for the good words

[@wirelessone2986]

That is absolutely amazing (to me) that Mr Goodyear put a pullman car amidship built to his liking ...It combines rail lovers and shipwatchers.Really cool!

[@JAD-fb6ur]

It was actually not a actual Pullman car mounted on the deck. The mid-deckhouse was modeled after his personal car the Sinamahoning [SIC]. The Goodyear's sister ship owned by another company also sported a mid-deckhouse, but nowhere near the uniqueness or design. Mr. Goodyear's personal car was also 90ft in length, while this house is half that.

[@yoyo762]

"Checking down was not a feature of this era"
LOL.
In no era. I believe the wheelsman of the steel freighter Cedarville commented that he never saw captains checking down in the fog. That was in the 1960s.

[@vancemarin8022]

Nicely done with an excellent story and great video by the divers !! Thanks for doing these long forgotten events !!!!

[@authorwes]

Glad you like them!

[@haroldadelman1130]

Frank bears a resemblance to John Wilkes Booth. (Grin). I like having an illustration as long as the disclaimer is there! Nice work, Wes!

[@authorwes]

Cool, thanks! I always search for actual photos- but when the story revolves around people and there simply is not photo- I just do my best. I could actually just put the photo in and no one would know... but... I just can't do that, so a fun disclaimer suits me best.

[@jamesbowers7531]

Excellent. Very informative.

[@authorwes]

Glad you think so!

[@guyordorff8355]

Such a sad story to hear😢

[@gettingold59]

Very well done

[@authorwes]

Thank you very much!

[@leehanna4929]

Great video! Thanks to you and the divers. Did I miss the depth of the wreck?

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

A sad, sad story highlighting the various levels of human recklessness and just plain nastiness which can lie behind these tragedies. I'm very glad to see that Captain McElroy was exonerated.

[@joebutchko2223]

Good show!

[@authorwes]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jeffreygraf3358]

Well done Wes!

[@authorwes]

Thanks

[@ericeller9165]

Killer documentary, a great watch. 😃

[@authorwes]

Thanks

[@chuckg6039]

I read where the crew of the Goodyear were very, very green. With almost no experience. But this was probably a moot point. It's the Captain who makes the calls with respects to speed and caution....and how the ship proceeds. Great video Wes. Really enjoyed watching it.

[@authorwes]

Thanks!!

[@mattwilliams3456]

Those zebras are a plague.

[@authorwes]

Double edge sword- most of this video was natural light... because the zebra mussels cleared up the lakes. yet they damaged the wreck. Yin and Yang

[@harriettedaisy2233]

Well done.

[@authorwes]

Thank you

[@johnsrabe]

So, did they start enforcing the rule after this?

[@authorwes]

This one started a lot of talking... but no.

[@scottyb68]

The zebra mussels are so disgusting. I wish they could do away with them.

[@kinikinrd]

wouldn't it be nice to find something that would eat Zebra Mussles.........

[@authorwes]

Blue crabs eat zebra mussels, but they cannot live in fresh water.