The Mysterious Sinking of SS Pere Marquette 18

On September 9th, 1910, the railroad car ferry SS Pere Marquette 18 mysteriously began taking on water during a routine voyage across Lake Michigan. After discovering the flooding, her crew went to work to try and save the ship. A fight they would eventually lose.

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Sources:
https://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/V...
Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivors by William Ratigan
Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes by Dana Thomas Bowen

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Chapters:
00:00 SS Pere Marquette 18
2:09 Chapter 1: Great Expectations
5:18 Chapter 2: An Alarming Discovery
8:27 Chapter 3: Fighting to Save Her
12:06 Chapter 4: The Final Plunge

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