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      THE LONDON TIMES ON OUR LAKE DEFENSES The London TIMES of the 7th (of January) thinks that, in case of a war with the United States, Canada would be attacked by sea instead of land and maintains that the policy of England would be to carry on a naval warfare …

      *pony engine - a small auxiliary steam engine used to run deck gear - winches, capstans, pumps, etc.

      THE WATER WITCH - The new propeller Water Witch, at present lying at Brady's dock, was yesterday visited by many of our citizens, including several of our leading shipwrights. By the latter she was pronounced - as we have already intimated - to be built strong and substantial, and of …

      BRITISH LION was wrecked in a storm on Long Pt, Lake Erie, Oct. 4, 1877

      * Two 11-inch Dahlgren guns were installed. **equipoise = counterbalanced, i.e. the rudder had a vane both foreward and aft of a central axle.

      THE NEW STEAM BARK CREAM CITY. - This monster steam craft arrived here yesterday afternoon shortly after five o'clock, and came alongside the dock foot of Bates street, where a large number of citizens, including many of our first and best mechanics, availed themselves of the ...

      The CREAM CITY went ashore in the great gale of Nov 22, 1869 near Detour, Michigan, in northern Lake Huron and was stranded. Despite determined efforts to extricate her, the big vessel resisted all attempts and was abandoned to break up December 8.

      This was a little monthly newspaper published in Pultneyville in the 1860s. Two small sized bound volumes at Wayne County Historian's Office, Lyons, N. Y.

      *Now Marine City, MI

      Loss Of A Schooner - The schooner Isabella Ainslie, of Leith, C.W., was wrecked on the 27th December, about seven miles north of the Limestone Islands, in the Georgian Bay. No lives were lost.