WNMU Documentaries
The Osborn Incident
Special | 27m 34s
Divers discover a 100-year-old wreck in Lake Superior.
In 1884, the S.S. John M. Osborn, a wooden freighter, sank in Lake Superior following a collision with a steel-hulled passenger liner. A century later, divers discovered her, virtually untouched, a time capsule waiting to be opened and explored. In this WNMU-TV 1987 special, filmmaker Harve Nye and divers Tom Farnquist and Gary Shumbarger tell the story.
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WNMU Documentaries is a local public television program presented by WNMU-TV PBS
WNMU Documentaries
The Osborn Incident
Special | 27m 34s
In 1884, the S.S. John M. Osborn, a wooden freighter, sank in Lake Superior following a collision with a steel-hulled passenger liner. A century later, divers discovered her, virtually untouched, a time capsule waiting to be opened and explored. In this WNMU-TV 1987 special, filmmaker Harve Nye and divers Tom Farnquist and Gary Shumbarger tell the story.
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