About 300 people drowned in the Lady Elgin disaster. The shipwreck had a major influence on maritime safety in the Great Lakes. The Lady Elgin left Chicago for Milwaukee on a stormy September night in ...
After sinking to the bottom of Lake Michigan in 1860 — along with the steamship Lady Elgin — Herbert Ingram’s pocket watch is back home. The historic timepiece returned to Boston, Lincolnshire, in the ...