Using a remotely operated vehicle, teams were able to find the wreck of the Western Reserve steamship, which sank on Aug. 30, ...
A storm appeared on the horizon ... and anytime," said Darryl. “Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic," said Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.
In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 ...
The Great Lakes Historical Society used Marine Sonic ... This prompted the crew to drop anchor and wait out the storm, but they lifted the anchor, perhaps prematurely, and headed toward Lake ...
The shipwreck ... Great Lakes happened in Lake Michigan in 1860. The 252-foot Lady Elgin, a passenger ship, was off the coast of northern Illinois when another ship rammed into it during a storm.