“Rediscovered After Over a Century: The SS Western Reserve Hides Secrets at the Bottom of Lake Superior!”
Only one person of the 28 passengers and crew, wheelsman Harry W. Stewart, managed to survive the sinking after swimming a mile to shore.
In the words of GLSHS Executive Director Bruce Lynn, “Every shipwreck has its own story, but some are just that much more tragic.”
In some ways, perhaps, the tragedy lingered long after this sinking. Experts soon determined that the ship’s pioneering use of steel had hastened its demise, as the material proved too brittle to withstand the gale. And though American and Canadian lawmakers heeded this warning and forbade the use of such steel in future shipbuilding, British lawmakers did not. Almost 20 years later, British builders used a similar steel to construct the Titanic.
After reading about the wreck of the SS Western Reserve, discover the stories behind some of history’s most famous shipwrecks. Then, learn about the doomed voyage of the HMS Wager.
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