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To: JoeProBono

Link to another article with MORE PICTURES.

http://www.kansascity.com/2010/06/24/2041511/lake-michigan-shipwreck-found.html


13 posted on 06/24/2010 1:29:02 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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17 posted on 06/24/2010 1:35:54 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: UCANSEE2
From the article you linked.

He said his next target is the largest known missing ship: the car ferry Pere Marquette 18. He said it went down in 1910, about 20 miles from the southeastern Wisconsin shore.

That would be something to see.

34 posted on 06/24/2010 6:41:22 PM PDT by csvset
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More info

Disaster on the Lake—the sinking of Pere Marquette 18 The only loss of a Pere Marquette Railroad ferry occurred in 1910. The Pere Marquette 18 was headed to Milwaukee with a load of 29 railcars. There were very heavy seas and the ferry radioed for assistance saying that she was taking on water.

The Pere Marquette 17 was a few miles away and promptly responded. However as the Pere Marquette 17 pulled alongside the 19 took on a great deal of water and quickly sank.

Twenty-five survivors were rescued, but twenty-eight people died, including two crew members of the Pere Marquette 17, who were crushed when their lifeboat crashed alongside the 17.

35 posted on 06/24/2010 6:47:07 PM PDT by csvset
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