In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 ...

Researchers have discovered the wreck of a historic all-steel ship that sank 132 years ago in Lake Superior in North America. The Western Reserve was found 600 feet deep off Michigan's Upper Peninsula ...

The cargo schooner, which sank in 1893 and only was found last year, is especially notable because of its ties to Wisconsin ...

Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, broke in two as it wrecked in 1892 about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point ...

Touted as a technological wonder, Western Reserve was made from the same steel as the Titanic. Unfortunately, it met a similar fate.

More than 2,000 ships have gone down in the lake, and just 400 of those wrecks have been found. One of the worst was the sinking of the G. P. Griffith in 1850. The ship, carrying more than 300 ...

The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept.

Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,” said Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

The 300-foot "Western Reserve" sank in August 1892, killing 27 people after both lifeboats capsized. Harry W. Stewart, the ...