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      Seamen's Union ____ Organization Perfected and Officers Elected. ____ The sailors who had in hand for several days past the organization of a seamen's union a this port met last night in the hall corner of West Cayuga and Water streets, formerly occupied by the ...

      A Deadly Fall. ____ A Sailor Plunges from the Cross Trees of the Schooner Bentley, Eighty-five Feet to the Deck - A Rotten Rope. _____ About 8 o'clock last evening, Andrew Skillin, of West Eighth street between Seneca and Schuyler, a sailor on the schooner J. ...

      The Alanson Sumner at Halifax Acadian Recorder (Halifax) June 25: the American steam tug Alanson Sumner: arrived off the mouth of the harbor about midnight, or one o'clock this morning, and had to lay off three or four hours owing to the heavy fog which obscured the entrance. She ...

      THE GREAT DISASTER Full list of the Lost and Saved -- The Property Loss Valued at About $ 40,000 -- No Insurance -- A Review of the Dreadful Calamity. ___________________________ There seems this morning to be very little to add to the very full and graphic story of ...

      The Ellsworth's Machinery Next week Hon.A.C. Msttoon will pobably raise the machinery of the propeller Ellsworth, sunk at Stony Island. There is considerable talk of building a first freight and passenger boat to run between Oswego and the river. It is believed that a safe, ...

      Important Changes in the Life Services at this Point Captain John Blackburn, keeper of the life saving station at this port has received an official communication from Capt. E.P. Dobbins of Buffalo, superintendent, informing him that a full paid crew will be kept at the Oswego ...

      Life Saving Services To be Strengthened and Improved at all the Principal Points on the Lakes - Last year's Report A short time since the three lake superintendents, Captain D.P. Dobbins of the ninth district, which includes Lakes Erie and Ontario, Captain Sawyer of the ...

      Narrow Escape of the Barges from Destruction. Saturday afternoon considerable excitement resulted from an attempt to drop the Ogdensburg coal barges below the bridge. The tugs C.P. Morey and W. H. Wheeler took the barges Hattie. L. Johnson in tow and was part way down the river, ...

      Along the Docks The old schooner Carleton, which has for a long time been an eyesore to spectators on the lower bridge, is being dismantled today. John Gibson, who is doing the work, says he will break up the hull for kindling wood if he does not succeed in selling …

      Along the Docks A long looked for effort to remove the old burned hulk of the schooner Powhattan from near the lower bridge is, at least, being made. One of Dobbie's steam pumps is at work on her today with a force of men and she will be raised and …

      Henderson Harbor, Sept. 11. - The September fishing at Henderson Harbor has never been better than this year. Splendid catches of bass are made daily and over twenty-five muskelunge have been taken this month. Two were taken yesterday, one of which weighed 25 lbs. The notable ...

      The Gardner and Barges Off. _____ How They Went on the Shoal - Cleverly Released by the Morey and Manhattan. ____ The tug Gardner and barges which were ashore on Galloo shoal arrived in this port about 9 o'clock last night. The Gardner and her barges ran on during ...

      Mr. Mattoon's New Steamer. Mr. John E. Riley has just completed a handsome model for a steamboat which Hon. A.C. Mattoon contemplates building. The proposed steamer is to be of the following dimension: 98 feet overall; 17 feet 10 inches beam; 8 feet depth of hold. She will be ...

      Wanted a Tug Boat Several days since a fellow, purporting to be from Buffalo, arrived in this city and gave people to understand that he wished to buy a tug boat to take to his home, where he claimed there was an insufficient number to do the business. How the …

 Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), June 28, 1879     Old Zack. Barnes. _____ Death of the Most Notable Man in the Early History of Boating on the Erie - The Murderer of Van Schaik and His Eventful Life. ____ Zachariah Barnes died in Forestport, Oneida county, a few days ago, aged about 67 years. Zack. Barnes was one ...

      The difficulties and dangers of navigating Lake Ontario have been greatly increased during the past week by the frequent and sudden squalls. An Associated Press dispatch from Oswego dated Sunday says: "The Schooner Hattie Howard from Port Hope, Ont., with 270,000 feet of lumber went ...

 Oswego Morning Herald (Oswego, NY), 8 Mar 1879     Seaman's Union _____ Richard Powers, President of the Chicago branch of the general organization of the Seamen's Union, arrived in this city last evening and was met by a delegation of sailors and escorted to the Reciprocity House. When it became noised that Mr. Powers had ...

      At a special meeting of the Seamen's Union, held at their hall yesterday afternoon, it was resolved, that in view of the advance in freight rates, that sailors' wages be, until further notice, $1.25 per day.

 Oswego Morning Herald (Oswego, NY), 26 Apr 1879     Oswego Fisheries. ____ But few of our citizens know that many people living near the lake shore in the Second Ward gain a livelihood by fishing, but such is the fact. The fishing ground at this season of the year extends from a point near abreast of Four-mile Point, including …

 Oswego Morning Herald (Oswego, NY), 10 Mar 1879     Seamen's Union The Seamen's Union at this port promises to be a strong organization. Last Saturday over 100 men who plow the blue waters of the lakes, enrolled themselves at the Reciprocity House. The initiation fee is two dollars per man, but by a provision of the by-laws a member …