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      Though she had an iron hull and was quite luxurious, she doesn't seem to appear in later sources. One set of notes I have state states that her hull was used to build the famous Wheeler yacht WAPITI at W. Bay City in 1895 (STRAIGHTAWAY was US#116424, WAPITI US#81507)

      The 673-ton M. E. TREMBLE was sunk in a collision the busy St. Clair River off Port Huron Sep. 7, 1891, and the 315-ton BEN HUR (ex-M. C. UPPER) was lost to the same cause while attempting the salvage of the wreck two months later. The HUR lay directly on …

      Alexander McDougall himself took his brand-new whaleback steamer JOSEPH L. COLBY (US#76933) down the river to the sea, but may have thought better of it when he got to this part of the trip. She was 265 feet and 1,245 gt and built with a double bottom. Some of the …

      What's The Matter With This Invention? Frank E. Kirby, the well-known ship designer, is tickled to death over a new smokeless marine engine, the invention of a man named Gray, of Springfield, Ohio. On Saturday afternoon a small open steam launch gracefully rounded to at the foot of ...

      Orders have gone forth that the United States man-of-war Michigan is not a hunting smack, and the crew will lose a good deal of fun, as well as choice grub the remainder of the season. The gatling gun, which fires 1,000 bullets a minute, is said to be the best …

      The new tug Alice, Smith & Co., owners, arrived in St. Joseph harbor on Monday afternoon and was heartily welcomed in sailor style - blowing of whistles, music by the sailor brass band, etc., while many people were out in the Park to see her come in. The U. S. …

      PASSAIC (US#19691) had been downbound with lumber and four barges in tow when she sprung a leak and went down six miles west of Dunkirk, NY on Oct 31 of the same year.

      The "government boat" CONSTANCE was built as a fisheries protection cruiser. She was sold to private owners in Nova Scotia in 1919 (C#100412) and was still operating in 1923. She was not removed from Canadian registry until 1966, but it's not known if she actually was used up to that …

      Ogdensburg , Dec. 7. -- The steamer SAMUEL MARSHALL , with corn from Chicago, arrived today. The OMAHA [sic-- OREGON ] followed the

    Ogdensburg , Dec. 7. -- The steamer SAMUEL MARSHALL , with corn from Chicago, arrived today. The OMAHA [sic-- OREGON ] followed the

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Interesting Relics ____ Which Were Brought Up From the Bottom of the River by the Dredge General Grant. Mr. W.S. Malcolm with the dredge General Grant has been fishing up some queer things from the bottom of the river during the past few days. One of them is an anchor …

      A dispatch from Picton , Ont., says: "The schooner PERSIA foundered last night opposite Point Peter light, about six miles out in 200 feet of water. All hands were saved. ...

      "Tom" Collins' Last Hours. ___________ A Kind Friend Whom Oswego's Vesselmen Will Miss Buffalo Courier: Captain Thomas Collins, whose death was announced yesterday, attended to his business all Saturday as usual, feeling and looking better than for many a day. At ...

      The Steamer Ontario Something About the Boat That is Bound for Cuba Alexandria Bay latter in Watertown Times: There is a bit of interesting history connected with the steamer Ontario, which left this port yesterday for Cuba, by way of the St. Lawrence River. She was built ...

      Twenty-Six Years Ago ___________ A Terrible Shipwreck Recalled ___________ How the Brig Harvey Was Lost Near Little Salmon River - Four Out of a Crew of Nine Lost Texas, Oswego County, Nov. 19 - The gale of the last few days recalls to the minds of our ...

 Oswego Daily Times, 8 Jan 1891     Silas Davis A casual notice of the ready of this old and for many years a prominent citizen of Oswego, at his home in Chaumont, Jefferson county, on the 13th ult., appeared in our paper at the time, but it is not proper that one so well known and who …

      Some early paintings show her with a clipper bow, rather than the straight cutwater shown in the model below and the photo on the HCGL website, and she may have been even more extreme looking early in her career. Click on the URL below to see a photo of the …

      *Probably Turtle Island Lighthouse, near Toledo.

      Ogdensburg , Dec. 18. -- After taking out a large quantity of oats the steamer OREGON , on the rocks at Nine Mile Light , was floated on Tuesday and passed ...

      Obituary Captain "Tom" Collins The shipping in the harbor have colors at half mast today, out of respect to the memory of Captain Thomas Collins, formerly of this city, who died at his home in Buffalo Saturday night of heart failure. Fewer the lakes were as well known as ...

      Two of the vessels listed, WILLIAM YOUNG and GENESEE CHIEF, were lost the same season - the YOUNG in October and the CHIEF in August.