Black Friday (1916) was October 20, the day a "perfect storm" hit Lake Erie, sinking four large ships, killing forty-nine people.[1]
The ships that were dispatched to the depths by the violent weather were the James B. Colgate, Marshall F. Butters, D.L. Filer and the Mérida.[2]
In the western part of the lake, "the convergence of two high pressure systems and a minor hurricane" created the devastating force that day.[2]