In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic,” said Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...
The cargo schooner, which sank in 1893 and only was found last year, is especially notable because of its ties to Wisconsin ...
The ship wasn’t seen again until diligent explorers with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage off ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept.
The Western Reserve, a 318-foot steel steamer, was wrecked 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior on August ...
The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, broke in two as it wrecked in 1892 about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point ...
Researchers have discovered the wreck of a historic all-steel ship that sank 132 years ago in Lake Superior in North America.