The wreckage site of the 300-foot steel steamer ‘Western Reserve’ has been found, according to a Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum ...
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.
In August 1892, the Western Reserve was sailing across Lake Superior when it got caught in a late summer storm. The 300-foot ...
The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, broke in two as it wrecked in 1892 about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
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 Shipwreck Historical Society discovered the wreckage of “The Western Reserve” that sank 132 years ago in Lake ...
Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...
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. 3, 1892, when Stewart reached shore, he walked 12 miles to the nearest life ...
Western Reserve shipwreck discovered 132 years later in Lake Superior (Photos provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society) WHITEFISH POINT, Mich. – The wreck of the Western Reserve has ...