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

For almost 132 years, the lake hid the wreckage. In July, explorers from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society ...

The discovery confirms what the ship's lone survivor said happened. The cargo ship broke in two the night of Aug. 30, 1892..

The technologically advanced all-steel cargo ship Western Reserve, once dubbed the "inland greyhound," found broken in two at a depth of 600 feet in Lake Superior.

“It is hard to imagine that Peter Minch would have foreseen any trouble when he invited his wife ... shore made an uneasy feeling in the back of my neck,” said Darryl Ertel. “A squall can come up ...

Owner Peter Minch was so proud of her that he brought his wife and young children aboard for a summer joyride in August 1892. Then tragedy struck. As the ship entered Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay ...

Owner Peter Minch was so proud of her that he brought his wife and young children aboard for a summer joyride in August 1892. As the ship entered ... (1.6 kilometers) to shore after his lifeboat ...

With 28 people aboard the cargo-less ship (including Minch, his wife, his children ... with others and then swim a mile in the lake to shore after the lifeboat capsized 10 hours later.