 In the late afternoon of November 10 , an unknown vessel was spotted floating upside @-@ down in about 60 feet ( 18 m ) of water on the eastern coast of Michigan , within sight of Huronia Beach and the mouth of the St. Clair River . Determining the identity of this " mystery ship " became of regional interest , resulting in daily front @-@ page newspaper articles . The ship eventually sank , and it was not until early Saturday morning , November 15 , that it was finally identified as the Charles S. Price . ( This was the first time in Great Lakes history that a fully loaded ore carrier had been capsized . ) The front page of that day 's Port Huron Times @-@ Herald extra edition read , " BOAT IS PRICE — DIVER IS BAKER — SECRET KNOWN " . Milton Smith , an assistant engineer who decided at the last moment not to join his crew on premonition of disaster , aided in identifying any bodies that were found . 
