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Subject:   Shipwreck discovered 100 years after it mysteriously sank!
Name:   IMAC News
Date Posted:   Sep 20, 07 - 9:04 AM
Website:   http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=49680
Message:   Cyprus shipwreck
Shipwreck discovered in Lake Superior 100 years after it mysteriously sank

TRAVERSE CITY, MI (AP) -- Explorers have discovered the wreckage of an ore carrier that mysteriously sank during a storm on Lake Superior 100 years ago, officials announced Monday.

Only one survivor made it to shore as the ship went down on Oct. 11, 1907. Last month, a team with the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found the wreckage of the Cyprus about 460 feet below the surface.

The Great Lakes are littered with thousands of shipwrecks, but the Cyprus is among the more puzzling...

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