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      Marine News . The schooner Little Georgy is loading steamboat wood at Bay View.

      Marine News Leathem & Smith's new scow will be launched to-morrow afternoon. Whether lager beer or champagne will be used at her christening we have not learned.

      Marine News . The tug City of Sturgeon Bay has not fitted out yet and will not be until late in the season.

      Marine News The steam yacht Truscott has been receiving some repairs this week. Her owners are negotiating with parties from outside for the sale.

      Coal Schooner Sunk _____ Run into by the Siesta at an Early Hour this Morning ______ Special Despatch to the Union and Advertiser CHARLOTTE, Aug. 31. - The steam yacht Siesta, Capt. John Davis. while coming up the lake from Alexandria Bay about 1 o'clock ...

      Judge Horne has given his decision in the case for damages brought by the owners of the tug Bob Hackett against the propeller St. Magnus on the 8th of September, 1885, when the craft collided between Limekilns Crossing and Bois Blanc Island, and the Bob Hackett was sunk and proved …

      THE PURITAN. The new Graham & Morton steamer was successfully launched last Wednesday, in the presence of about 5000 people. The dimensions of the boat briefly stated are as follows: Length of keel, 165 feet; over all, 175 feet; depth of hold, 13 feet; breadth of beam ...

      Twenty-four shaped spars have just been shipped from Pinconning, Lake Huron, to Halifax to be reshipped to Liverpool, England.

      There are at present 350 men at work at Wheeler's shipyard at West Bay City, and this force will be kept on all winter. Mr. Wheeler has five boats in the course of construction now. Three of these boats will have a 276 foot keel and will cost $132,000 each. …

      Buffalo, October 3. - [Special].] - The storm which set in shortly before 7 o'clock this morning has been the most severe one of the season. The wind reached fifty-two miles an hour several times between 7 a.m. and noon, and blew at a rate of forty-five miles steady since …

      South Haven, October 3. - [Special.] - The schooner City of Green Bay, a three master, bound down the lake loaded with iron ore, sprung a leak off Saugatuck last night. The Captain attempted to keep her afloat until the heavy sea subsided and lay off shore here. At 4 …

      NEARLY THIRTY LOST _______ The Steamer Champlain Burned On Lake Michigan _______ FIFTY-SEVEN PERSONS, PASSENGERS OFFICERS AND CREW, ON BOARD _______ Twenty-four Persons Known to Have Drowned or Burned to Death. _______ Names of the Victims ...

      *tug BOB TEED, as identified in a later article In fairy tale fashion, both the Stampede and her crew lived to sail another day.

      Another Harbor Wanted A vigorous effort is being made by marine men and those interested in navigation on Lake Ontario, to secure an appropriation for the establishment of a lighthouse and harbor of refuge at Port Ontario. Petitions are being circulated and signed by all sailors ...

      not published ? 1887 DAILY BRITISH WHIG. (available on microfilm at Queen's University - Stauffer Library, and the Kingston Public Library) Jan. 3, 1887 missing or not published ...

      Reason: sunk Lives: 5 Hull damage: $3,500 Cargo: $3,000 Freight: coal Remarks: Total loss

      Reason: sunk by collision Hull damage: $18,000 Cargo: $7,000 Freight: coal Remarks: Total loss

      Reason: sunk Lives: 5 Hull damage: $5,000 Cargo: $1,750 Freight: coal Remarks: Total loss

      Reason: aground Hull damage: $3,000 Freight: nil Remarks: Total loss

      Reason: sunk Lives: 7 Hull damage: $6,000 Remarks: Total loss