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 Fenelon Falls Gazette, 12 Sep 1902, p. 4, column 4-5     Mr. Francis Hare, of Ottawa, is visiting at Dr. Wilson's. Mr. Henry Graham Sr., of Kinmount, was in town last week. Miss Lucy Potts has resumed her old position in Mr. William Campbell's store. Miss Lillian Wilson returned on Monday to the Ladies' College at Whitby. Miss Sophia Wilson, of …

 Fenelon Falls Gazette, 23 May 1902, p. 4, column 3     The nominations of candidates for the honor of representing East Victoria in the Local Legislature were held yesterday afternoon, too late in the week for us to give even a synopsis of the proceedings. The returning officer, Mr. C. E. Young, of Minden, presided, assisted by the election Clerk, Mr. …

 Fenelon Falls Gazette, 23 May 1902, p. 4, column 5     Miss Violet Lockhart came home from Toronto on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fowler were the guests of Mrs. Nie, at the Falls on Wednesday. Mr. William Lockhart, of Kingsville, Ont., was at the Falls from Saturday until Wednesday. Mr. William Fountain, who left on April 1st for Victoria ...

 Fenelon Falls Gazette, 23 May 1902, p. 5, column 1     ACCIDENT.--On the afternoon of Friday of last week Mr. Martin Haskell, electrician, met with an accident which rendered him unable to attend to his duties in the Syndicate's power house until the following Tuesday evening. An electric light pole stood in the way of a house which has since been …

      YOUNGEST CAPTAIN ON THE GREAT LAKES _______ Wallace Hill Has Been Granted Master's Papers Menominee, Mich., May 3. - It is declared that Wallace Hill, aged 18, and last year a student at the Menominee high school, is the youngest steamboat captain on the lakes. He ...

      This little clipping helps explain why there were so many "unknown sailors" lost on lakes shipwrecks and how late it was in Great Lakes history before anything was done about the problem.

      PECULIAR OCCURRENCE AT SYLVAN BEACH _____________ Muskegon, Mich., May 2. - Bennett & Schnorbach, of this city, who have the contract for raising the private launch, Amelia, wrecked at Sylvan Beach, say they have a hard job ahead of them. The Amelia now stands ...

      LIGHTNING FLASH SAVED TWO BOATS _______ Revealed Danger When Only A Few Hundred Feet Apart _______ Were Running Under Check During a Very Dense Fog _______ Passengers Profuse In Praise of City of Alpena's Crew _______ Alpena, June 15. - ...

      Below a sketch of the vessel. LAWSON was 369x50x35, 5218 gt, and carried 43,000 square feet of sails. The lakes steel schooner-barge MAIA, part of a class of the largest steel lake barges built by Chicago Shipbuilding in 1898, was 376x48x26, 3804 gt. These vessels were technically schooner-barges, but that …

      The BARNES, MITCHELL, SLAUSEN and WING were 30, 28, 35 and 35 years old, respectively.

      *Canary Islands **About 23 miles per day or less than 1 mile per hour, on average

      The steamer COLUMBIA served as a "Bob-Lo Boat" for nearly nine decades and ferried hundreds of thousands of passengers to the Bois Blanc Island amusement park opposite Amherstburg in the lower Detroit River. She is now a national historic landmark and is in the process of restoration. For information and …

      *Pere Marquette 17 **Hugoma

      WORK UNDER THE ICE CONQUER THE ELEMENTS _______ PLAN OF CLEVELAND CONTRACTOR TO WORK ALL WINTER _______ Cleveland, November 6. - Contractor Donnelly is about to conquer the elements and work under water to build piers and breakwaters to the lake. He is ...

      *Ironclad ram C.S.S. VIRGINIA, built from the burned hull of the Union steam frigate USS MERRIMAC.

      The Jenks Ship Building Co. is building for the US Lake Survey seven catamarans, each 40 feet in width. Each catamaran has two large steel cylinders 30 feet long and 40 inches in diameter. When completed, all will be fastened together and the entire width will be 280 feet. They …

      Three of the steel pontoons built for the Lake Survey by the Jenks Ship Building Co. have been launched and it is expected that the remaining four will go into the water some time next week. When the pontoons are fastened together they will be taken in the St. Clair …

      The catamarans which have been built by the Jenks Ship Building Co. for the lake survey will be floated down the Black River on Monday next.

      The two American Shipbuilding (Lorain) vessels were JOSEPH C. GILCHRIST (US#200414) and R. E. SCHUCK (US#200374). I'm not certain if the Columbia-built boat ever came out.

 Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), Dec. 16, 1902     Five Rescued From Wreck ____ Charlotte Life Savers Succeed After Hours Of Heroic Work In The Cold. ____ ROCHESTER , Dec. 16. - Exhausted and almost frozen, four men and one woman were rescued from the schooner barge

 Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), Dec. 16, 1902   Five Rescued From Wreck ____ Charlotte Life Savers Succeed After Hours Of Heroic Work In The Cold. ____ ROCHESTER , Dec. 16. - Exhausted and almost frozen, four men and …

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