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Researchers Just Found The Wreck Of The SS Western Reserve

Researchers Just Found The Wreck Of The SS Western Reserve — 132 Years After It Sank To The Bottom Of Lake Superior

"Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic." On August 30, 1892, shipping magnate Peter G. Minch set out with his family and 22 crewmen aboard his ship, the SS Western Reserve,

The New York Times · 3d

A Groundbreaking Ship That Sank in Lake Superior in 1892 Is Discovered

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.

Associated Press News on MSN · 4d

Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm more than 130 years ago

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

Minneapolis Star Tribune on MSN · 1d

Searchers find Minnesota-bound freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1892

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,

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN2d

Historic Century-Old Shipwreck Discovered 600 Feet Beneath the Surface of Lake Superior

In August 1892, the Western Reserve was sailing across Lake Superior when it got caught in a late summer storm. The 300-foot ...

132 years after shipwreck that left single survivor, vessel found

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

1don MSN

Researchers Finally Solve the Mystery of Disappearance of Gilded Age Businessman and His Family on Lake Superior in 1892

The wreckage site of the 300-foot steel steamer ‘Western Reserve’ has been found, according to a Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum ...

BayToday.ca1d

Sonar images: Shipwreck claimed 27 on Lake Superior in 1892

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

WXYZ-TV Channel 72d

Family of 1892 shipwreck survivor shares their story after wreckage is discovered

After the wreckage of the Western Reserve was found 132 later, the family of the lone survivor is sharing their story.

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See 132-year-old shipwreck found in Lake Superior

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

USA Today5d

Ghost ship found after 132 years in the murky depths of 'Shipwreck Coast'

Minch. 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. Its resting place 600 ...

Shipwreck from 1892 found on bottom of Lake Superior

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

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Historic all-steel ship that went down in Lake Superior 132 years ago, killing 27, finally found

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

This is the American lake, more dangerous than the oceans, where the remains of a 130-year-old ship were found

Western Reserve was considered one of the safest ships afloat. Two years later it met a tragic end, and its remains have ...

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