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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 ...

      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 ...

 Oswego Daily Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 24 Aug 1869     New Invention - Important to Vessel Owners and Masters - A Modern Mode of Furling Gaff Topsails It is an old adage that the idea is the father to the thought. So it is true with several important inventions that have been brought to notice during the present season of …

 Oswego Daily Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 15 May 1869     New Propeller. - The new propeller Dalhousie, of the Welland Railway line, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, with 16,313 bushels of wheat for M. Merrick. The Dalhousie takes the place of the ill-fated Perseverance, the particulars of whose loss on the lake last fall, are fresh ...

 Oswego Daily Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 27 Apr 1869     Handsome Sight. - Early this morning the lake presented as fine a sight as it has ever been our privilege to witness. The water was perfectly calm and its surface shone like polished glass, while some forty or more outward bound vessels lay becalmed, waiting for a breeze to spring …

 Oswego Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 7 Jun 1869     *Dimensions - 137' x 26'3" x 12' (US 6627). Wrecked at Oswego,Nov. 27, 1894.

 Oswego Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 20 Aug 1869     Alleged Assault And Battery Aboard A Vessel. - Angus Leach, who shipped at Cleveland, Ohio, as seaman on the schooner Timothy Baker, which arrived at this port yesterday, made complaint before the Chief of Police against Thomas Burke, Captain, and Hiram Henderson, Mate of the vessel, ...

      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 ...

      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 …

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

      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 …