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      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 ...

      Along the Docks. Hon. A.C. Mattoon arrived here at 6:30 A.M. today with the engine and boiler of the steam barge Ellsworth from Stony Island. After a week's hard work with sixteen men under the eficient management of John E. Riley, the task of raising the heavy engine and boiler …

      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, ...

      The New Steamer and Her Route. ____ Hon. A.C. Mattoon has contracted the timber for the passenger and freight propeller which he proposes to build this winter, and work will be commenced probably about the first of January. She is to be 110 ft. keel, 120 ft, over all, 20 …

      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 ...

 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 New Schooner Leadville The dimensions of the new schooner Leadville, owned by M.J. Cummings and launched at Goble & Macfarlane's yards yesterday, are as follows: Length 142 feet 6 inches; beam 26 feet 3 inches; depth of hold in the shoalest place, 12 feet, and at ...

      THE GREAT DISASTER Further Particulars -- Eleven Lives Not Accounted For -- None Reported Saved Since Last Night -- The Pecuniary Loss $ 100,000 with No Insurance -- Statements of Survivors -- How the Lost Were Swept off and Drowned -- How the Survivors were Rescued -- A Story of …

      THE GREAT DISASTER. The Company's Safe, Containing Valuable Papers, Wages of the Crews and Money Lost on the Gordon -- A Large Sum of Money and Valuable Papers on the Body of Mr. Arnoldt -- Reward for its Recovery -- The Fleet Warned at the Cape -- Mr. Hall Opposed …

      THE NOVEMBER GALE. News from the Stranded Vessels -- The Schooner Ashore at South Bay -- Another Vessel Breaks from her Anchorage but Gets into Oswego -- A Plucky Sailor -- Condition of the Gerrit Smith -- Vessels in Lake Ontario Ports. _________ WRECKS AND LOSS OF LIFE ...

      WRECK OF THE HATTIE HOWARD. _____ She Goes Ashore Against the Oswego Pier - Vessel and Cargo a Total loss and Not Insured - Captain Becker's Statement. _____ About 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon, the schooner Hattie Howard, from Port Hope, with 271,000 feet of ...