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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.
The Ironton collided with a grain hauler in September 1894, and sank before the crew could detach their lifeboat from the vessel. Five died.
Searchers have found the wreck of the freight schooner that plunged to the lake’s bottom in 1894 after colliding with another vessel in rough seas, killing five crewmen.
The 191-foot cargo vessel collided with a grain hauler on a blustery night in September 1894, sinking both.
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.