The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamship" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Steamship">steamship</a> <a about="#mwt33" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"PS"},"2":{"wt":"Lady Elgin"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_Lady_Elgin" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="PS Lady Elgin" typeof="mw:Transclusion">PS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Lady Elgin</i></a> sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.