Sri Lanka, May 6 -- Adella Shores loaded with lumber

The mystery of a wooden steamship that went missing 115 years ago on Lake Superior with 14 sailors on board has finally been solved.

After painstaking research, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) confirmed they had located the final resting place of the Adella Shores that was lost with all hands, on May 1, 1909.

The 735-tonne wooden steamer was built in Gibraltar, Michigan in 1894. Measuring 195 feet in length, she was owned by Shore Lumber Company carrying cargoes ranging from lumber to salt on the Great Lakes.

Named for the owner's daughter Adella, the vessel had a troubled career sinking twice in 15 years in shallow waters in the lakes. Both times she was refloa...