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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Touted as a technological wonder, Western Reserve was made from the same steel as the Titanic. Unfortunately, it met a ...

The Western Reserve, a 300-foot steel steamer, broke in two as it wrecked in 1892 about 60 miles northwest of Whitefish Point ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western ...