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      An Old Tar's Twister - The Yarn of the Oldest Oswego Sailor Quitting Salt Water When I arrived at Adams, Jefferson County, I met a cousin who informed me that my parents had left Antwerp and were now living in the town of Henderson. The next day we went there …

      The canal boat PRESTON, which sank several weeks ago a mile off this harbor and in fifty feet of water while in tow of the tug SUMMER, was brought up in the late gale, drifted ashore at Four Mile Point and was wrecked. The PRESTON was laden with leached ashes, …

      This little boat had a colorful history. She was built at Detroit by J. L. Wolverton in 1857 as a sidewheel tug and was in use as a boom tug on the Saginaw River until she caught fire in July of 1865. She was raised and converted to a schooner …

      OBITUARY. -- The old bark GREAT WEST has been stripped of everything of value, and is to be towed out into the lake and scuttled. In her day she has earned lots of money, but she has now gone to decay. She measures 278 tons. She was built in Oswego …

      Kingston, Ont., Sept. 14. -- The wind began blowing a gale from the southwest last night, and the water in the harbor has raised three feet. The schooner HIBERNIA, lumber laden, capsized. The WACOUSTA stove a hole in her bottom at Charlotte, and filled. The schooner PEARL is ...

      Through the latter third of the 19th century, Detroit was home to some of the largest and most powerful tugs in the whole lake system. The towing of sail vessels through the Detroit-St Clair river complex from Lake Erie to Lake Huron was big business in the day. The tug …

      The Inspection and Rating of Vessels Daniel Lyons & Son (ship chandlers) received a letter this morning from J. g. Orr, manager of the Orient Insurance Company for the lake region, and who lives in Buffalo, calling attention to a subject that seems to be of some ...

      This is interesting from because it shows some family relationships to shipbuilders. Oswego shipbuilder George Goble's wife was a Collins whose family built ships at Clayton. The Collins family was related to John Oades, shipbuilder from Clayton, later Detroit.

      Captain Joel Tyler Had Narrow Escape Capt. Joel F. Tyler, whose death occurred yesterday was one of the oldest vessel captains on the lakes. He was born at North Haven, Conn. , may 18, 1802, and was the son of Edward Morris Tyler. He came to Oswego in the spring …

      Obituary Captain Joel F. Tyler Captain Joel F. Tyler, a living landmark not only of our early marine, but also of our early local history, died at his residence in this city yesterday, aged 76 years. Capt. Tyler was born at New ...

      ALL NIGHT ON THE LAKE. _______ A Canadian Steamer with Between Three and Four Hundred Passengers Out All Night - Following a Propeller Light Down the Lake - Rescued and Brought into Port by a Woman. _______ An Excursion. The steamer Hastings arrived ...

      The Trip of the Hastings Belleville Ontario: - Both of the Oswego papers have long and sensational accounts of the steamer Hastings being lost on the lake, and censure her officers very strongly. We are in a position to say that her officers are not in the least way blamable. …

      *Refers to a Northern Transportation Co. steamer it was following.

      The John Roach referred to is probably the noted political essayist of New York (1813-1887). Roach wrote books and essays and made speeches regarding U.S. commerce during the 1870's and 80's.

      Kingston, Ont., Sept. 25. -- The ocean fellows, WINONA and FLORETTA, arrived here today with the rest of the fleet that have been detained by the break in the canal. They will lighten tomorrow and proceed to the briny. The 1,000 ton ship GARDEN ISLAND, built by Calvin & Breck, …

      A SAD RECITAL Details at Last of the Terrible Disaster to the Schooner J. P. MARCH. Young Morey, the son of Mrs. Morey, cook on the J. P. MARCH, was well educated, his his mother spending all her hard-earned wages to push him forward. He was about 18 years of …

      The Tug Crusader ____ Particulars of the Burning as Given by Capt. Manwarring. ___ Capt. Manwarring writes from Duncan City to Capt. C.W. Ferris the following particulars of the burning of the tug Crusader, formerly of this port: Capt. Manwarring says he ...

      In the matter of fast sailing we notice that Oswego vessels are included in the last of fast ones, viz: The schooner John T. Mott took a cargo of train from Chicago to Kingston, discharged the train, went to Oswego, from there to Fair Haven, laded coal, and came back …

      The Inspection and Rating of Vessels. Daniel Lyons & Sons received a letter this morning from J. G. Orr, manager of the Orient insurance company for the lake region, and who lives in Buffalo, calling attention to a subject which seems to be of some consequence to Oswego vessel ...

      Western Bound Freights An Entirely New Feature in Transportation- Return of Traffic to the Water Lines- Our Storehouses are Full Since the opening of the New York State canals, an entirely new feature of trade and commerce has appeared here. New York shippers have been ...