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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Man and daughter find remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during Peshtigo Fire in 1800s

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Wisconsin archaeologists are crediting a man and daughter with discovering the remains of what could be a ship that ran aground during the deadly Peshtigo Fire more than 150 years ago.

Tim Wollak and his 6-year-old daughter, Henley, of Peshtigo, were fishing on Lake Michigan in the bay of Green Bay near Green Island this summer when their sonar picked up something Henley thought was an octopus, WLUK-TV reported Wednesday.

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