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Returning from the gold rush in California in 1850, he lost everything in a shipwreck, only to arrive in Astoria to find out he’d been replaced as postmaster. Hopefully, after the demise of the ...
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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 ...
“Looks just like it too.” “I’m going to try to refocus.” The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society used a remotely controlled vehicle to discover the rusty Western Reserve, an early ...
The shipwreck, broken in two, was discovered by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society using sonar technology. A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has announced the discovery of a new wreck on Lake Superior: The SS Western Reserve. The 300-foot steel steamer was ...
The wrath of Lake Superior has claimed countless ships throughout history, including the Edmund Fitzgerald-- one of the most famous shipwrecks of the 20th century. But recently, a discovery was ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — The shipwreck of the Western Reserve, lost in 1892, has been found. After 132 years, the final resting place of the 300-foot steel steamer has been discovered roughly 60 miles ...
It was a real deep mystery. Researchers have finally discovered the final resting spot of the historic Gilded Age ship Western Reserve — closing the book on a caper that has endured for over a ...
Stewart, a wheelsman, who was the only person to survive the wreck of the Western Reserve. The ship sank in Lake Superior in 1892 and killed 27 people. "It's hard for me to imagine this young man ...
A historic all-steel ship that broke records as it cruised the Great Lakes but came to a tragic end has been found more than 100 years after it sank, researchers announced this week. The vessel ...