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 used a remotely controlled vehicle to discover the rusty Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship sunk by a storm more than 130 years ago.
EERIE footage shows the moment explorers discovered the 132-year-old wreck of a cargo ship that took down 27 souls, including ...
Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.
Rough weather conditions on 30 August 1892 caused the cargo ship to break in two and sink to the bottom of Lake Superior.