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The Ironton collided with a grain hauler in September 1894, and sank before the crew could detach their lifeboat from the vessel. Five died.

The Ironton collided with a grain hauler in September 1894, and sank before the crew could detach their lifeboat from the vessel. Five died.

John Flesher TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN (AP) – Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel. The 58-metre cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both. The […]

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s

The Ironton was a 191-foot cargo vessel that collided with another ship in rough seas in 1894. Its whereabouts had long eluded shipwreck hunters, until now.