In August 1892, the Western Reserve was sailing across Lake Superior when it got caught in a late summer storm. The 300-foot ...
The only survivor was Wheelsman Harry W. Stewart of Algonac, Michigan. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune on Sept.
The wreckage site of the 300-foot steel steamer ‘Western Reserve’ has been found, according to a Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum ...
According to the GLSHS, near the end of August 1892, he decided to take family members on a cruise through Lake Huron and ...
After the wreckage of the Western Reserve was found 132 later, the family of the lone survivor is sharing their story.
The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society discovered the wreckage of “The Western Reserve” that sank 132 years ago in Lake ...
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 ...
In 1892, a gale overtook the ship Western Reserve, causing it to sink within a matter of minutes with only one of the 28 ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
Western Reserve was considered one of the safest ships afloat. Two years later it met a tragic end, and its remains have ...