Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail ...
The Western Reserve ship has been located by the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society in Lake Superior — the largest ...
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 ...
Underwater video shows the two halves of the steamer sitting atop one another, which is unusual for a shipwreck. The sole survivor swam two hours to the shore.
More than a century after it vanished beneath the waters of Lake Superior, a groundbreaking discovery has finally solved one ...
Although the Western Reserve was found in Lake Superior, estimates suggest there are more than 1,700 ships resting just in Lake Michigan.
The technologically advanced all-steel cargo ship Western Reserve, once dubbed the "inland greyhound," found broken in two at ...
A crew member tells CBS News "a massive ship came from out of the blue" and rammed a tanker apparently carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military.
This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows the broken mast from The Western Reserve, a merchant ...
A LIFEBOAT helped transfer an injured man from a cargo ship off the Isle of Wight. Solent Coastguard sent out Bembridge ...