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      Special issue of the Brantford Telegram, Christmas 1888.

      THE OLD HISTORIC VILLAGE AWAKENING Live men rebuilding the Town-Will make it a Manufacturing town and a Summer Resort Mineral Spring a Chance for Capital-- Advantages Offered- A City Site the Present and Future of the Place Jumping to the Front. The historic village of ...

      The Bradley tug FOREST CITY (US#120255), built in 1875, was sunk in a collision with the tug JOHN GREGORY while the two were racing for a tow outside the harbor, Sep 1, 1888.

      SEA GULL (US22098), was built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1863 as a brig and was 147x33x10, 521 gt. She burned and sank in the Straits of Mackinac, near Bois Blanc Island, in May of 1893.

      This is probably the schooner-barge CHARLTON YOCUM.

      So long as the big steamboats lying in the river will violate the ordinance prohibiting the working of propeller wheels in the river, so long will accidents continue. It is a positive wonder that crash at Randolph street early yesterday evening was not attended with loss of life. The propeller …

      Duluth's second shipyard is about to be started. It will turn out wooden vessels, the first order having been given by Captain Yocum to Napoleon Grignon for an 800 ton tow barge designed for carrying lumber. Its measurements are 140 feet keel and 32 feet beam, and the launching will …

      Capt. Alexander McDougall's cigar-shaped barge, launched at Duluth last Saturday, is being examined by the committee for a classification in Inland Lloyd's Register. The committee is somewhat puzzled, as the boat is something new in marine architecture and has features not covered in the ...

      This is excerpted from Hollister's obituary.

      One class of shipwreck that doesn't get much notice is foul play. When a ship was sunk on purpose, it was usually to collect the insurance or steal the cargo. The deed was most often accomplished by arsonists (called "incendiaries" in the old days), and there are records of at …

      COMES ALL THE WAY FROM SCOTLAND Cornwall, Ont., June 2 - [Special] - The Algonquin, the largest vessel that ever passed through the Cornwall Canal, entered today at 1:45 p.m. She was built by Napier, Shanks and Bell, Glasgow, Scotland, and left on the 21st of April. She is 253 …

      Duluth reports a freak in the marine business. Vessels are bringing cedar ties to that port for the Manitoba Road and taking back tamarack ties to the Soo from Port Arthur for the Grand Trunk. A heavy trade is thus being carried on.

      Odd Marine Disaster. _______ A Big Schooner Nearly Cuts Through The Lower Bridge _____ Driven at Racing Speed Before a Furious Gale it Was Impossible to Stop Her and She Dragged a Tug Into Shoal Water - The Damage The most singular marine disaster that ...

      The MacDonald Libeled. ____ The City Will Attempt to Collect for the Damage Done to the Bridge From the Owners of the Vessel - Lively Work in Getting out the Necessary Papers. Hundreds of our citizens visited the lower bridge yesterday afternoon to see the

    The MacDonald Libeled. ____ The City Will Attempt to Collect for the Damage Done to the Bridge From the Owners of the Vessel - Lively Work in Getting out the …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      There is an original photo showing the Canadian schooner "B. Freeman" on the beach east of Fair Haven, taken this date.

      The Schooner Olive Branch Preparations are being made to raise the schooner Olive Branch, sunk eight years ago between Main Duck and False Duck ...

      Apparently the matter was settled, as the Lady McDonald cleared Oswego for Hamilton with 515 tons of coal on Aug. 25, 1888 according to the Oswego Daily Times for that date.

      Our Fresh Water Sailors The sailors who man the vessels which engage in the lake commerce are among the best in the world. They are brave reckless men. They sail their vessels until the lakes are ice bound. Storms have no terrors for them. When freights are high and the …

      PENSAUKEE (20195), raised. Renamed JAMES G. BLAINE in 1890.

      THE DISASTERS ON THE LAKES Detroit, Mich., Oct. 3. -- A dispatch from Forestville, Mich., says: "The steam barge MATTAWAN of Montreal went ashore near Richmondville, about eight miles south of here, yesterday and is badly damaged. Her crew has been safely taken off by the Allen ...