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The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
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Steamship
Type of steam-powered vessel
A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels. The first steamships came into practical usage during the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
PS Lady Elgin
American sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan
The PS Lady Elgin was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship that sank in Lake Michigan off the fledgling town of Port Clinton, Illinois, whose geography is now divided between Highland Park and Highwood, Illinois, after she was rammed in a gale by the schooner Augusta in the early…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)