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

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that ...

"Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic." On August 30, 1892, shipping magnate Peter G.

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 ...

Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...

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

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

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

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovered the wreckage of “The Western Reserve” that sank 132 years ago in Lake ...

According to the GLSHS, near the end of August 1892, he decided to take family members on a cruise through Lake Huron and ...

DULUTH ‐ The Western Reserve, a mammoth and nearly new steam freighter, was en route to Two Harbors in August 1892 when it split in half during a storm and quickly sank to the depths of Lake Superior, ...