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      Disastrous Conflagration! _____ Destruction of the 'Union Elevator with some 40,000 Bushels of Wheat - Loss of $127,000 ____ At about half past ten o'clock last night, fire was discovered in the second story of the "Union Elevator" east end of the iron bridge, ...

      Got Through Steamboating. - Two of our citizens who are interested in marine matters went up to Sodus yesterday on the tug J.S. Spinney to help get their vessels loaded, and met with a series of adventures that disgusted them with steam crafts. When about a mile and a half …

      Henderson Harbor The arrivals at this port last week were the Schooner Transvantang with upwards of 250,000 feet of lumber; the Union, Sandy Creek with a cargo of 17,000 bricks, the McClellan, Sherman and Monitor. The McClellan and Sherman took from this place 5,000 bushels of ...

      Seamen's Union ____ Organization Perfected and Officers Elected. ____ The sailors who had in hand for several days past the organization of a seamen's union a this port met last night in the hall corner of West Cayuga and Water streets, formerly occupied by the ...

      H.N. Throop was born at Pultneyville, November 10, 1807. (1). His parents, Samuel and Ruth Throop, were among the first settlers of the place, having removed from the town of Farmington, in the original county of Ontario, to the locality named Pultneyville, in the year 1806. Both parents were ...

      The Belleville Intelligencer says that John Newman, who was reported lost on the schooner Maggie Hunter, has returned to his home, having been visiting at Gananoque.

      Excerpts from a letter dated Feb. 6, 1877 from Hamilton Colton of Milan, Ohio, to the Oswego Palladium, published Feb. 10, 1877.

      Excerpts from letter dated Dec. 5, 1876, published in Oswego Palladium, dated Dec. 9, 1876. To put this in context, Hamilton Colton is describing the west side of Oswego below the lower bridge over the Oswego river, as it appeared in the early days.

      Narrow Escape _____ The Schooner Gladstone in Attempting to Enter the Harbor Sags on to the East Pier - Rescued and brought into Port. _____ Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, the schooner Gladstone, Captain

    Narrow Escape _____ The Schooner Gladstone in Attempting to Enter the Harbor Sags on to the East Pier - Rescued and brought into Port. _____ Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      BURNING OF THE PROPELLER JOE BARBER . A serious disaster occurred on the lake about midnight on Tuesday, the propeller Joe Barber being burned between this city and

    BURNING OF THE PROPELLER JOE BARBER . A serious disaster occurred on the lake about midnight on Tuesday, the propeller Joe Barber being burned between this city and Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Ride Out A Gale. ______ The Scow Sassacus Finds new Anchorage Again. ______ It is safe to say that Captain Patrick Ryan of the scow-schooner Saccacus knows more about ...

      Lost on the Napanee River It will be seen by the following from the Mill Point correspondent of the Belleville Ontario that Mr.

    Lost on the Napanee River It will be seen by the following from the Mill Point correspondent of the Belleville Ontario that Mr.

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Singular Coincidence. ______ Death of a Man who Assisted in Capturing Oswego in 1814. _____ Last Saturday afternoon an old man, John Sullivan , who had seen ninety-one years, died on board ...

      Northern Transportation Co. apparently made its arrangements, as it continued to operate on Lake Ontario in 1871 and finally folded about 1875.

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      The Launch Yesterday. According to announcement the new schooner built for Mr. T. S. Mott, by A. Miller & Co., was launched yesterday afternoon. Every available space for watching the event was occupied by four o'clock. The trestle of the Delaware & Hudson Co. ran parallel to the course ...

      Through the latter third of the 19th century, Detroit was home to some of the largest and most powerful tugs in the whole lake system. The towing of sail vessels through the Detroit-St Clair river complex from Lake Erie to Lake Huron was big business in the day. The tug …

      Fire in the Harbor. About half-past ten o'clock last night the propeller Wm. Cowle took fire while lying on the east side of the harbor, and considerable confusion was created for a time in the efforts to prevent the flames from spreading to the surrounding shipping and reaching ...

      Along the Docks. The appraisers, Mr. Humble of Tonawanda, and James Navagh of this city, failed to agree upon the cost of repairing the schooner Kate Kelly. Whether or not a third man will be selected we are uninformed. The barley fleet brings cheer to the hears of many ...

      A New Schooner. No handsomer schooner has been seen in this port in many years than the new schooner A. J. Dewey, of Chaumont, which arrived in port Saturday. Yesterday she was the centre of attraction and excited much favorable comment from competent judges. The new ...