Published November 17, 2012, 12:00 AM

Ernest Ludwig


Ernest Ludwig of Spooner, then 76, talks in 1978 about surviving the wreck of the barge Ontario off the Apostle Islands in 1927. Ludwig narrowly escaped being pulled underwater when the barge sank in a Lake Superior storm. (1978 file / Superior Telegram)
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