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- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Aug. 3, 1885A PIRATICAL CRAFT Yesterday the scow schooner Trader was tied up by an officer at Wyandotte on a charge of piracy. The Trader has been under suspicion for some time of appropriating the loose property of vessels lying in harbor at Detroit and neighboring ports. A few nights ago a …A PIRATICAL CRAFT Yesterday the scow schooner Trader was tied up by an officer at Wyandotte on a charge of piracy. The Trader has been under suspicion for some time …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Sept. 15, 1885A NARROW ESCAPE Oscoda - Yesterday afternoon as the wrecking tug Winslow was dredging a cut to the barge Wyandotte, wrecked on the beach, the cable to which the line was goied (sic) broke. What might have been a serious accident was narrowly averted. John Delaney was caught by the …A NARROW ESCAPE Oscoda - Yesterday afternoon as the wrecking tug Winslow was dredging a cut to the barge Wyandotte, wrecked on the beach, the cable to which the line …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Wed., May 11, 1885THE MASTER OF A LEAKING VESSEL COMMITS SUICIDE Special to the Detroit Post. Sand Beach, Mich., May 9. - Last night Thomas W. Weegs(sic) of Marine City, master and owner of the barge C. N. Johnston (sic), committed suicide by hanging on board his boat at the breakwater. ...THE MASTER OF A LEAKING VESSEL COMMITS SUICIDE Special to the Detroit Post. Sand Beach, Mich., May 9. - Last night Thomas W. Weegs(sic) of Marine City, master and owner …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Apr. 17, 1885READY FOR THE OPENING Preparations by Marine City Vessel Men - Appointments Special to the Detroit Post. MARINE CITY, April 16. - Vessels are preparing to resume business. During the winter considerable repairs have been made and they will start out in good condition ...READY FOR THE OPENING Preparations by Marine City Vessel Men - Appointments Special to the Detroit Post. MARINE CITY, April 16. - Vessels are preparing to resume business. During the …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Apr 17, 1885MASTER MARINERS ST. CLAIR CAPTAINS ASSIGNED TO THEIR COMMANDS The following assignments have been made for St. Clair captains during the season, the larger number of which are for steam craft: Capt. Wesley Brown will command the steamer Siberia, Capt. Donald Morrison ...MASTER MARINERS ST. CLAIR CAPTAINS ASSIGNED TO THEIR COMMANDS The following assignments have been made for St. Clair captains during the season, the larger number of which are for steam …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Tues., Sep. 15, 1885River pirates continue to victimize the craft lying along the docks. The latest victim is the schooner M. P. Barkalow. While lying at the wharf foot of Eighteenth Street Saturday night her supply box was relieved of its contents, valued at $18.River pirates continue to victimize the craft lying along the docks. The latest victim is the schooner M. P. Barkalow. While lying at the wharf foot of Eighteenth Street Saturday …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), April 2, 1885Captain Gillman lost track of the iron steamer MICHIGAN, sister of the WISCONSIN, because that vessel had sunk on the 20th - finally crushed after having been trapped in the ice since February 9. Capt. Gillman's boat was the 842gt wooden propeller CITY OF LUDINGTON (US#125873), built at Manitowoc in …Captain Gillman lost track of the iron steamer MICHIGAN, sister of the WISCONSIN, because that vessel had sunk on the 20th - finally crushed after having been trapped in the …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Oct 21, 1885Though the charts show a light at this position (Cleveland pierhead), photos of the light there don't match this description. Anyone know if this light was replaced? I'd heard that one Cleveland light was replaced in 1895. The position of this light is marked "lighthouse" on the following map: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n;=4594179&e;=440873&s;=50Though the charts show a light at this position (Cleveland pierhead), photos of the light there don't match this description. Anyone know if this light was replaced? I'd heard that …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Tribune (Detroit, MI), Nov. 11, 1885AFRAID SHE HAS THE SMALL-POX Chicago, Nov. 10. - The schooner Fannie Campbell from Stokes Island, Canada, is lying near the light-house under inspection of the health department for small-pox.AFRAID SHE HAS THE SMALL-POX Chicago, Nov. 10. - The schooner Fannie Campbell from Stokes Island, Canada, is lying near the light-house under inspection of the health department for small-pox.Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Tribune (Detroit, MI), Nov. 11, 1885, page 1Column 4 *Omar D. Conger, U. S. Senator from Michigan (1881-1887), a citizen of Port Huron. ** Orlando Metcalfe Poe was a Civil War hero and Army engineer. An architect by trade, he designed forts and artillery emplacements for the Army and was later twice chief engineer for the Corps …Column 4 *Omar D. Conger, U. S. Senator from Michigan (1881-1887), a citizen of Port Huron. ** Orlando Metcalfe Poe was a Civil War hero and Army engineer. An architect …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sep. 9, 1885The Canadian Tug Bob Hackett Sunk in a Collision near Amherstburg A report reached this city last midnight that the Canadian tug Bob Hackett had collided with the Western Line propeller St. Magnus, bound from Kingston to Port Arthur, near the head of Bois Blanc Island ...The Canadian Tug Bob Hackett Sunk in a Collision near Amherstburg A report reached this city last midnight that the Canadian tug Bob Hackett had collided with the Western Line …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Sep. 10, 1885The Hackett's Checkered Career. The FREE PRESS correspondent at Amherstburg, writing of the tug Bob Hackett, says: The Hackett was built in Amherstburg for the Windsor & Lake Shore route about twenty years ago by J. P. Jones for Robert Reynolds and Felix Jones, of Windsor, and was ...The Hackett's Checkered Career. The FREE PRESS correspondent at Amherstburg, writing of the tug Bob Hackett, says: The Hackett was built in Amherstburg for the Windsor & Lake Shore route …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Aug. 28, 1885The United States steamer Warrington has conveyed to Duluth a steam foghorn, which will be placed on the south end of the canal pier at once. It is one of the largest foghorns on the lakes and can be heard a distance of seven miles.The United States steamer Warrington has conveyed to Duluth a steam foghorn, which will be placed on the south end of the canal pier at once. It is one of …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Beauport (Barge), C66075, sunk, 12 Oct 1885Reason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: RaisedReason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: RaisedMaritime History of the Great Lakes
- John T. Mott (Schooner), sunk, 1885Reason: sunk Remarks: RaisedReason: sunk Remarks: RaisedMaritime History of the Great Lakes
- Mary S Gordon (Schooner), aground, 7 Dec 1885Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: fish Remarks: Total lossReason: aground Lives: nil Freight: fish Remarks: Total lossMaritime History of the Great Lakes
- Alice Brooks (Tug), C80909, aground, 1 Dec 1885Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Total lossReason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Total lossMaritime History of the Great Lakes
- Blanch Shelby (Propeller), aground\sunk, 15 Oct 1885Reason: aground\sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Total lossReason: aground\sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Total lossMaritime History of the Great Lakes
- Indian (Propeller), C33495, fire, 26 Oct 1885Reason: fire Remarks: Total loss ?Reason: fire Remarks: Total loss ?Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Magdala (Schooner), C55948, aground, 13 Oct 1885Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: coal Remarks: Total lossReason: aground Lives: nil Freight: coal Remarks: Total lossMaritime History of the Great Lakes