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==Died in a storm== This is an umbrella project for Geni profiles and storm event projects that resulted in loss of life. *If you know the "type" of storm, and there's a project -- add the profile to that project.*If the storm is a well known historic event, such as Hurricane Katrina (2009), please consider making a project for it, and listing it in this umbrella.*If all you know is "died in a ...
In de nacht van 5 op 6 maart 1883, 139 jaar geleden, vergingen tijdens een zware storm 17 schepen van de vissersvloot van Paessens Moddergat, twee dorpjes die naast Lauwersoog tegen de Friese zeedijk aanliggen. 83 dorpelingen kwamen om, een tragedie dat het vissersdorp nooit geheel te boven is gekomen. Op de dijk staat nu nog in steen het gedicht: "Als de dood het schip bereikt dan is er gee...
Eyemouth Disaster 1881 - Berwickshire, Scotland The Eyemouth Disaster was caused by a European windstorm which struck the south-eastern coast of Scotland (Berwickshire), and England on 14 October 1881. One hundred and eighty-nine fishermen, mostly from the village of Eyemouth, were drowned. The event is still referred to locally as "Black Friday". Casualties * Eyemouth - 129* Burnmouth - 24* Ne...