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      *These vessels were probably (in part): ARAXES, ATLANTIC, CHICAGO, COMET, DUNKIRK, ECLIPSE, EQUINOX, FOUNTAIN CITY, ILLINOIS, MARQUETTE, MISSOURI, NEW YORK, OLD CONCORD, ROCKET, SAGINAW, MARY STEWART, TOLEDO. EQUATOR and OMAR PASHA were sold earlier in the season.

      NEW VESSEL - The new schooner White Oak, Captain Coot, arrived here this morning from Oswego, with a cargo of salt, being her first trip. She was visited during the afternoon by a large number of master builders, ship captains, and others interested in vessels, and was prononced by ...

      The hard-luck steamer GLOBE burned and sank on Saginaw Bay near Big Charity Island, August 12, 1863. Her career had been perversely eventful, marked by a number of serious accidents. She was built in 1847 and was sold into Canadian registry in 1856 [C#33471]. After wrecking on Lake Superior in …

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      SEAGULL's interesting career did not end there. She was sold to Americans in 1869 (US#23526) and plied in relative peace until being heavily damaged in a stranding at Sand Beach, Michigan, in 1888. She was rebuilt to a small propeller after that, but caught fire at the lumber dock at …

      LAUNCH OF THE NEW PROPELLER A. C. VAN RAALTE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON - We witnessed the launch yesterday afternoon of a new and handsome little propeller of 200 tons burthen, at the yard of Messrs. Hitchcock & Gibson, foot of Erie street. Promptly at 3 o'clock, the hour announced ...

      BUFFALO HARBOR - A survey is now in progress, preliminary to the commencement of work upon the improvement of Buffalo harbor, which, if fully carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the engineer in charge, will give that city one of the most magnificent harbors on the ...

      THE COLCHESTER LIGHT SHIP - We learn from the keeper of the above light that on various occasions this season vessels passing that locality have barely escaped serious damage, if not total shipwreck, from having misapprehended the precise situation of the light ship, and, in numerous ...

      A CRAFT OF OLDEN TIME. - An account is given in the Milwaukee Sentinel of the loss of the schooner Gazelle, of Sheboygan, which in some particulars is incorrect or the early marine records must be slightly astray. The Gazelle was built at Maumee in 1846, and not 1832, and …

      This is something you didn't see very often in the old newspapers - a correction. Or is it? In the first article [17 Oct 1867], the marine reporter obviously had some trepidation about challenging the story from another paper. Insurance underwriters' lists probably didn't show the 1832 Gazelle (1864 list …

      The process of setting an anchor away from a vessel and then hauling on the cable to bring the vessel up to it is called kedging. The technique was often used to release a stranded vessel. Many vessels even carried a relatively light anchor, called a kedge, specifically for the …

      This is an especially exciting account of a wreck which occurred on Lake Ontario. Of particular interest is the list of volunteer professional seamen who went to the wreck to rescue their fellow sailors. Thanks to Dick Palmer for letting me step into his journalistic bailiwick with this article.

      PORTSMOUTH and ALBEMARLE became a total losses. SUNNYSIDE was recovered, only to be wrecked the following May. ESSEX was recovered and repaired at a cost of $4,000, almost her entire value. REPUBLIC was actually repaired at Detroit instead of Milwaukee.

      THE FOG - The smoky weather of the past few days has grossly impeded the movements of the lower lakes fleet, and there is reason to fear has caused numerous disasters in the vicinity of the Straits. The captains of propellers which arrived here Saturday evening and yesterday report ...

      The schooner Carthagenian, Captain Amasa Stowell, made this port last night, about 9 o'clock, under light canvas, and wind blowing hard. When about one mile from port, the gale carried away her bowsprit, and the efforts of the crew to wear or steer were ineffectual, owing to her headgear being …

      The damaged grain from the Cathagenian has been sold for $50. The beach below the point where the vessel lies, was covered with it yesterday, and hundreds of men, women and children were greedily gathering it up. The Carthagenian is pretty much all gone to pieces. Her mainmast has gone …

      With your indulgence, I have made the punctuation of all of the abbreviated "first" names (eg W J Preston) uniform, leaving out the periods on all. Hall has the habit of doing it both ways. There's a limit to how accurate a transcription must be - it's the point at …

      A Perilous Night On The Lake. - We learn that the schooner, S.J. Holly, Captain Oscar Haynes, which came in during the gale, Saturday afternoon, experienced a perilous time on the lake. She left the canal Friday night, and off Devil's Nose, about 25 miles from Charlotte, the wind ...

      Schooner Baltic. - The schooner Baltic, Capt. James Burns, of Chicago, from Milwaukee, with 15,500 bushels of wheat, consigned to Major Merrick sunk in the harbor last night. The Baltic lost her canvas in the terrific gale, and in trying to make the harbor, struck on the East pier, ...

      Loss Of The Lydia Ann. - The schooner Lydia Ann, Rogers, master and owner, left this port a week ago Monday morning with a cargo of 136 tons of coal for Mr. C.A. Payne, of Ogdensburgh. On Thursday, Mr. Payne received a dispatch, stating that the vessel had gone ashore …