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      Launch of the Steel Ship Algonquin ____ The Big Steamer Rides Gradually Down The railway, and Kisses the Green Waters of the St. Lawrence. _____ A Big Crowd Present to See the Sight. _____ The big steel ship, Algonquin, built on the Clyde, ...

      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 ...

      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

      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.

      Early this morning it was reported that the schooner "D. Freeman," bound from Belleville to Fair Haven, light, to load coal, was ashore about seven miles west of Oswego and a short distance from Lewis' Bluff. It was soon learned that the report was true. the "Freeman" left Belleville yesterday …

      Ship-Building in Oswego _______ The Past and Present - Collector Interviewed on the Subject - He Gives Some Interesting Reminiscences - Attributes the Decline of the Industry Large to High Tariff _______ The noticeable decrease which the ship-building industry has ...

      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 …

 St. Lawrence Republican, 4 Jul 1888     Launch of the Steel Ship Algonquin ____ The Big Steamer Rides Gradually Down The Railway, and Kisses the Green Waters of the St. Lawrence. _____ A Big Crowd Present to See the Sight. _____ The big steel ship, Algonquin, built on the ...

      Tuesday evening there was a large crowd assembled on the wharf to see the launch of the schooner Emma, which was very gracefully accomplished at 7:30 p.m.

 Mexico Independent (Mexico, NY), 22 Aug 1888     Ontario's Bass Grounds ___ Great Mexico Bay - Oswego - Picturesque Fishing - Exquisite Scenery ____ By Wm. H. Ballou Great Mexico Bay of Lake Ontario has a surface of about 500 square miles. It is one of the largest bays on the ...

 Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 30 Oct 1888     SHIPBUILDING IN OSWEGO _______ Its Past and Present - Collector Cooley Interviewed on the Subject - He Gives some interesting Reminiscences - Attributes the Decline of the Industry Largely to High Tariff ____ The noticeable decrease which the ship-building ...

      Helped Bury The Dead. ___________ A Man Who Remembers When The British Captured Oswego. ___________ Mr. Alanson Himes, a Resident of Oswego County for Seventy-Four Years, Celebrates His 90th Birthday - He Planted the Big Elms That Skirt the Park. Mr. ...

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

      The schooner Lizzie Metzner was launched at the yard of Burger and Burger of this city on Saturday last. Her dimensions are as follows: Length 78 feet; beam 21 feet, hold 6 feet. She is owned by Mashek & Metzner of Kewaunee. She is a trim and strongly built vessel …

      Yesterday's Blow ______ Reports of Disasters on Lake Ontario ______ The Schooners Delaware , Gearing ,

    Yesterday's Blow ______ Reports of Disasters on Lake Ontario ______ The Schooners Delaware , Gearing ,

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      SIXTY MILES AN HOUR. _____ A Disastrous Northeast Gale on Lake Ontario _____ Vessels Ashore and in Distress - Loss of Life at Charlotte - The East Breakwater Washed Away - The ...

      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.