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 Oneida Dispatch, 7 May 1869     The Heroine of Lake Erie The dark, stormy close of November, 1854, found many vessels on Lake Erie, but the fortunes of one alone have special interest to us. About that time the schooner Conductor, owned by John McLeod of the Provincial Parliament, a resident of Amherstburg, at ...

      The schooner A. P. Dutton , belonging to P. M. Kinney , of this town, is missing. She left Chicago on the evening of Dec. 8th , for ...

      The schooner Wm. Tell belonging to Capt. N. Robbins of Benton Harbor on her way from Milwaukee to this place loaded ...

 Syracuse Standard (Syracuse, NY), Nov. 9, 1869     A Pioneer's Reminiscences. ____ The following interesting account of early reminiscences is from the Hon. Thomas Richmond , now of Chicago , and formerly for many years a resident of

 Syracuse Standard (Syracuse, NY), Nov. 9, 1869   A Pioneer's Reminiscences. ____ The following interesting account of early reminiscences is from the Hon. Thomas Richmond , now of Chicago , and formerly for many years a resident of …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Reminiscences. - The Syracuse Standard prints a letter from Hon. Thos. Richmond, of Chicago, formerly of Salina, in which he gives some interesting reminiscences of early pioneer life in this part of the world. Among other things he says: "In 1819 I commenced a small traffic ...

      Abandoned Schooner. - Yesterday forenoon the schooner Mary O'Gorman was seen drifting past this port dismasted and apparently abandoned. Along in the forenoon, O. H. Brown, Esq., got a couple of tugs and went out in search of the vessel, which was found about nine miles below the ...

      Articles From The Schooner "Volunteer." - The schooner Volunteer, which went ashore near Port Ontario several days ago, was got off yesterday and towed by the tug Crusader to Goble & Macfarlane's dry dock, where she will be repaired. The following enumerated articles were found ...

      Oswego Harbor. - John Austen photographed the harbor a few days since, when the river was spanned by shipping below the bridge and the lower harbor was filled with craft of all kinds. The view is taken from an eminence on Oneida street, and presents a portion of the trestle-work …

      NOTE: The 404 t. Canadian bark FANNY CAMPBELL had been built by Louis Shickluna at St. Catharine's the previous year. In 1877 she became what was probably the first Great Lakes tanker, when $10,000 was spent on the installation of large iron tanks in her hold for the transportation of …

      BARK FANNY CAMPBELL . - The tug Clematis arrived late Friday evening, having in tow the bark Fanny Campbell, which has gone into the Campbell, Owen ...

      "SHIPWRECK AT GREEN BAY - During the Southeast gale on the 14th, the small schooner Art Palace, commanded by "Commodore Peg-Leg," and used as a floating bagnio (brothel), anchored off Cedar River, in Green Bay, but dragged until she struck upon the rock-strewn shore, when she filled ...

      LAUNCH AT OSWEGO. -- On the 12th inst. , a new schooner, built by Messrs. Goble & Macfarlane, was launched at their yard in Oswego. Prompt on time the last block was removed, and the John T. Mott slid into the water as handsomely as possible. Having to be launched …

      Disaster - The schooner John Weden, of Detroit, collided with a vessel on the night of Oct. 27th, on Lake Ontario, and came ashore at Fairbanks' Point, about two miles below here, on the 28th. She had on board about 14,000 bushels of corn, consigned to Oswego. The insurance companies …

      On Sunday morning, Oct. 10th, Mr. Charles Lepper, of Sodus, and mate of the Schooner Sylph, Capt. Charles Doville of Sodus, while off Port Stanley, Canada, was swept overboard by the foreboom. We append the letter of Capt. Doville, to the father of the unfortunate young man, announcing the sad …

      Capt. John Boyne has sold the Petrel and bought the Lizzie Doak, bran [sic] new schooner with a carrying capacity of 60,000 feet of hardwood lumber. The Lizzie Doak has wire standing rigging, patent wheel and windlass, and one of the stoutest vessels of her size on the Lakes. She …

      The boat "Simeon Walker," of Greene, sank at the Stone Quarry Dock, four miles below this village, on Thursday forenoon last. She was loaded with stone and had on part of a load when the sides gave away, sinking her in the same manner as on the one that sunk …

      This was the schooner Agnes Hope, launched, not without difficulty on 18 Aug. 1869.

      Launch At Hamilton - The Times says a new and beautiful three- masted vessel was launched on Wednesday afternoon [August 18], from the yard of Mr. A.M. ...

      Not Quite A Launch - The Hamilton Times says the new vessel Agnes Hope was not got clearly into the water on Wednesday [August 18], as we were led to state from a report that reached us just ...

      Pulaski , N. Y., Nov. 19th. -- The schooner VOLUNTEER came ashore at Port Ontario , last night. The crew is supposed to be lost. ...