It was a hot and muggy summer day as the steamboat Sea Wing carried passengers down the Mississippi River for what was to be a lovely excursion to the National Guard settlement near Lake City, MN. And it was ... until the storm hit.
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Articles and books:
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Shipwrecked on Lake Pepin: The Sea Wing disaster
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Historic Disasters in Southeast Minnesota, by Steve Gardiner
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The Sea Wing disaster killed 98, yet the tragedy is little known beyond Red Wing