Twenty-seven people died as a result of the wreck, and what happened is only known because of its lone survivor.

It was the greatest technological advancement of its time to sail on the Great Lakes, and just like the Titanic, a ship whose owners made similar claims, was also lost to Mother Nature. But more than ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years before the Titanic changed maritime history, another ship touted as the next great technological feat set sail on the Great Lakes. The Western Reserve was one of the ...