September 8, 1860 The steamship PS Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.

LOST ON THE LADY ELGIN    Various recordings of “ Lost on the Lady Elgin “on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Lost+on+the+Lady+Elgin%22
Music ,lyrics and recording from Evergreen Trad https://www.evergreentrad.com/lost-on-the-lady-elgin-revisited/
PS Lady Elgin from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_Lady_Elgin#:~:text=The%20PS%20Lady%20Elgin%20was,hours%20of%20September%208%2C%201860