Carl D. Bradley Mayday Message

Went down on November 18, 1958 at 5:28 pm.

Frank Sager on duty at WLC at 5:26 p.m. and passed a routine message to First Mate 
Elmer Fleming on the Carl D. Bradley from the dispatcher at Calcite.  Fleming 
acknowledged the message and said nothing of any difficulty abord the ship. 

At 5:28 p.m. EST, men at Coast Guard stations and other radio dispatchers 
throughout the Great Lakes heard the Bradley's desperate "Mayday" distress call.  
"Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.' he shouted "Carl D. Bradley breaking in two and going 
down 12 miles southwest of Gull island."  Fleming said something like "Any ships in 
the vicinity, please come." 

Picture shows Tom Curtis at the Central Radio control panel.