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      Oswego, Aug. 31 - A gale of unusual severity for this season of the year has prevailed here since Thursday. The schooner ALPHA, from Toronto, for this port went ashore, five miles below the harbor, and will probably be a total wreck. Her crew were taken off in the life-boat …

      MARINE DISASTER THE "ORION" OF HAMILTON (The Oswego Palladium gives the following:) "From a conversation with Capt. Daniel Pease, of the lost vessel, we gather the following particulars: The ORION had a cargo of freestone from Cleveland, Ohio, for Brockville, ...

      MARINE STATISTICS ________ Disasters to Shipping on the Lakes in 1872 ________ THE TOTAL NUMBER 200 LESS THAN LAST YEAR _______ Below will be found an exhibit of the disasters which occurred on the lakes during the first five months of the navigation ...

      Parentheses are in the original. Correspondent and researcher Joe Barr sent me the following note regarding "The Ark" which appeared in the Port Huron Times of Apr 10, 1882: "Canadian authorities advertise the nondescript craft known as "KEWLEY'S ARK" for sale at Amherstburg. This marine monstrosity was built at Port …

      The Dalhousie - The following is a full list of the crew of the ill-fated Dalhousie , destroyed by fire on Wednesday, viz: M. McGrath , captain;

    The Dalhousie - The following is a full list of the crew of the ill-fated Dalhousie , destroyed by fire on Wednesday, viz: M. McGrath , captain;

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Quickest Time On Record - The propeller Enterprise , W.R.R. Line, left Kingston at 4:30 on Wednesday and arrived at

    Quickest Time On Record - The propeller Enterprise , W.R.R. Line, left Kingston at 4:30 on Wednesday and arrived at

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The bark J.C. Woodruff , which sank at the Queen's Wharf, Toronto , on Friday, was raised yesterday, and pumped out by onew of the steam engines of that city. ...

      A Vessel Ashore - The brig Layfayette Cook , a Canadian vessel, laden with coal, was driven ashore a night or two since, near Port Stanley , on Lake ...

      Several men employed in the ship-yard of Mr. Shickluna , while carrying a large stick of timber on to a platform on Monday afternoon, let the stick turn and fall. The stick carried both platform and men to the ground, one of their members, an ...

 Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), April 30, 1872     Major Daniel Appling was born in 178 7 in Columbia, Ga., and became a second lieutenant (Rifle) 3 May 1808; First Lt., July, 1809; Capt., April, 1812; Major, First Rifle Regiment, 15 April 1814; Brevet Lt. Col. 30 May 1814 (official Aug. 1814) "for gallant conduct in capturing a superior …

      Messrs. Simpson & Chisholm have entered into arrangements for the construction of three new propellers at their yard at North Chatham , the blocks for the keels of two of which are already laid. ...

      Schooner Rapidan Wrecked - A dispatch dated Buffalo , 2d, says: The schooner Fleetwood , just arrived, reports passing the schooner

    Schooner Rapidan Wrecked - A dispatch dated Buffalo , 2d, says: The schooner Fleetwood , just arrived, reports passing the schooner

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Schooner Rapid Wrecked - Only One Survivor - A dispatch from Toledo , 2d, says: A sailor named James Low , the only survivor of the crew, 8 in number, of the schooner ...

      Dismasted - The vessel dismasted between Rond Eau , on Lake Erie , and Point au Pelee , as reported a day or two since, proves to be the

    Dismasted - The vessel dismasted between Rond Eau , on Lake Erie , and Point au Pelee , as reported a day or two since, proves to be the

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      A Detroit dispatch says that the propeller Lake Michigan was rescued from her perilous position on the lakes near Grand Haven , during the storm, having lost her ...

      Advices have reached Detroit announcing a disaster to the schooner Maple Leaf , which was found by the tug Silver Spray , ashore at

    Advices have reached Detroit announcing a disaster to the schooner Maple Leaf , which was found by the tug Silver Spray , ashore at

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The schooner Hercules , which left Kingston Tuesday evening for Hamilton with railroad iron, ran into the schooner A. Medbury , near

    The schooner Hercules , which left Kingston Tuesday evening for Hamilton with railroad iron, ran into the schooner A. Medbury , near

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The swing bridge spanning the canal on St. Paul Street , was considereably damaged on Tuesday evening by the wheels of a "jury" to which was attached a huge stick of timber, breaking through the planks ...

      Another steamboat company has been organized in this town, composed principally of business men. The capital, we believe, has been fixed at $100,000. The first boat of the line is to be ready on the opening of navigation, and is to be built by Mr.

    Another steamboat company has been organized in this town, composed principally of business men. The capital, we believe, has been fixed at $100,000. The first boat of the line is …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The ship would be known as "Armenia".