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      The Steam Tug Alanson Sumner. - Yesterday afternoon at ten minutes to four o'clock, the new tug Alanson Sumner, owned by Messrs. Page & Dobbie, slid from her "ways" to the water, a distance of four feet, striking to her side with such force that she displaced nearly all the …

      An Arctic Voyage on Lake Ontario Yesterday at about two o'clock P.M., the steamers Lawrence, Capt. Reed, and Milwaukee, Capt. Lamphere, of the Northern Transportation line, entered this port and were soon moored at the Company's wharf. As it was known that a fleet of propellers ...

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      The Explosion. _______ The Tug P. P. Pratt Blown up while tying at the Dock Last Evening _______ Particulars _______ Last evening about three minutes after six, the tug boat P.P. Pratt exploded her boiler while lying at her dock at the foot of West ...

      Superstition Amongst Sailors. - Since the cruise of the old ship Ark, under Captain Noah, sailors have been superstitious, and even on that eventful voyage were restless until the dove was sent out to find Ararat, such was their superstition that a vessel without rats was ...

      A NEW MANNER OF ADJUSTING MARINE LOSSES. - The captain of a schooner, now lying in this port, has adapted a novel method of bringing insurance agents to time, and forcing a settlement, upon real or imaginary losses. some two or three days since, his vessel received some damage, enough, …

      THE TRIALS OF AN AMATEUR SHIPPING MASTER. - One of our vessel owners had a little experience Saturday night of the difficulty of getting sailors when the Fourth is so near at hand. The vessel was loaded, but wanted three men to complete the crew, for whom both mates had …

      Marine News. - Tuesday, the 27th inst., Messrs. Rathbun & Son launched from their ship yard at Mill Point, the barge Tobias Butler, the largest ever built on the Bay of Quinte. Her timbers and siding is of the finest white oak, got out expressly for this vessel. She is …

      A VESSEL CAPTAIN INJURED. - This morning about eleven o'clock, Captain Brotherton, of the sloop Jenny Lind, received painful injuries at the Corn Exchange Elevator, from the leg settling down over his head while he was standing on the dock, telescoping him below his shoulders. the leg, ...

      A BUSY HARBOR. - The strong northwest wind has driven a large fleet of grain vessels to our harbor, thus giving it a busy appearance which gladdens the hearts of dockmen. tugmen are in their glory too, darting hither and thither gathering dollars at every turn of the wheel. The …

      SHOCKING AFFAIR - AN OLD MAN CARRIED INTO MIDLAKE ON FLOATING ICE, AND PERISHES. - An old man, David Acker, who lived with his grandson, Edward Rider, one or two miles south of Sterling Centre, is supposed to have perished sadly on Sunday last. The circumstances were as ...

      THE SCHOONER JAMAICA. - Alderman (Morgan M.) Wheeler telegraphs O.H.Brown that he has contracted with the New York Coasting Company to raise the Jamaica and put her in the dry dock at Detroit. The terms for the raising are not given, but if the company fail they are not to …

      THE SCHOONER W.I. PRESTON. - Last evening about seven o'clock the wrecking tug Rescue, Captain Cotton, towed the schooner W.I. Preston into this port from the Niagara River, where she has been sunk since last November. The Preston went ashore last October near Niagara, and after being ...

      THE ELLSWORTH AFLOAT. - Capt. Williams and E.A. Mattoon arrived this morning and report that the steam barge Ellsworth, which was ashore at Wilson, floated yesterday morning about 11 o'clock. A tug was despatched from the canal to the assistance of the craft, and was backing in to give ...

      A COLLISION OF STEAM TUGS. - Last night bout half past six o'clock the steam tugs Crusader and Maria Melvin came in collision in the harbor between the plaster mill dock and he coal dock, on the opposite side of the river, both sustaining damages which will prevent them from …

      Returning from the Ocean. - The schooner Narragansett, which five years since sailed from Cleveland, O., with a cargo of petroleum for Europe, is now for the first time on her return trip to the lakes, having already arrived at the Welland Canal. During her absence she has traveled ...

      A SAILOR DROWNED. - Yesterday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, a seaman named Phillip Callagan, was drowned by being thrown into the lake from the main boom of the schooner John Magee. At the time of the accident the Magee was coming down the lake and about abreast of …

      A New Steam Dredge - Messrs. John King & Co., of the Vulcan Works, are constructing the machinery for a new dredge, the working parts of which will be much stronger and heavier than those now in use. The hull for the machinery is under construction near the west pier. …

      A Mystery of the Lake Somebody has been examining the mystery of our inland seas, and comes to the following conclusion concerning them and the little fishes: Lake Erie is only 60 or 70 feet deep; but Lake Ontario, which is 592 feet deep, is 230 feet below the tide …