Fatal Wave

Authors

Geoffrey D. Reynolds, Hope CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 3-2014

Publication Source

Michigan History

Volume Number

98

Issue Number

2

First Page

25

Last Page

29

Publisher

Historical Society of Michigan

ISSN

0026-2196

Comments

Four digital oral history interviews and transcripts are also available for additional research into this event.

Abstract

Fatal Wave is an article concerning the July 1938 seiche that happend in Holland, Michigan and north to Muskegon, Michigan along the Lake Michigan eastern shoreline, taking several lives in its wake.

Keywords

Holland, Michigan, Muskegon, Michigan, Grand Haven, Michigan, United States Coast Guard, Ottawa Beach, Holland State Park, seiche, Josephine R. Fabiano, Esther C. Fabiano, Louise Fabiano, Harold Jennings, Carnegie Hero Fund Commission medal, Catherine Schutt, Ruth Riksen, Tennessee Beach, Herbert J. Brouwer, Tunnel Park, Oscar Thorsen, John D. Lent, Bronson City Park, Pentwater, Micchigan, drowings, undertow, bathers, swimmers, swimming, storm surge

Recommended Citation

Reynolds, Geoffrey. 2014. “Fatal Wave.” Michigan History 98 (2): 25–29.