ALGOMA, Wis. (AP) — Marine archaeologists have discovered the wreckage of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in the late 1800s. The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association announced this ...

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It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; . . . Thus, nearly 100 years ago, did Longfellow begin his famed ballad of the wreck of the Hesperus on the reef of Norman’s Woe.

This is the true story of a relevancy — one exemplified by the collision of two vessels and the sinking of one — a relevance that sails on, moving across confused seas. The collision occurred on Sept.