Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.

Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great ... including the Minch family. The only survivor was wheelsman Harry W.

With no cargo, the ship was floating high in the water. The storm battered it until it cracked in half. Twenty-seven people perished, including the Minch family. The only survivor was wheelsman ...

A historic all-steel cargo ship that broke speed records as it sailed across the Great Lakes has been found more […] ...

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that broke apart in a gale in 1892 with a sole survivor. transcript The Great ...

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

The voyage to escape the heat ended in disaster along a stretch of Michigan now known as Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast that killed 27 and left only one survivor ... ship down; it carried no cargo.

It was meant to break records, even carrying the largest coal cargo into Milwaukee during ... It’s estimated that more than 200 ships have sunk in Whitefish Bay, according to Lynn.