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      THE LAUNCH OF THE DAVID DOWS Special Dispatch to the Post and Tribune Toledo, O., April 21. - Fully 5,000 people witnessed the launching of the big schooner "David Dows" at Bailey's shipyard this afternoon, excursions coming in on several Michigan roads. The boat was ...

      This would have been Garden Island, opposite Kingston, Ontario

      THE PRINDIVILLE William Livingstone, Jr. has succeeded, after nearly eight weeks, in releasing the tug Prindiville from the position she had occupied at Presque Isle [Lake Huron] for about five years. The Prindiville is now at Port Huron, where she arrived yesterday morning. The ...

      The lifesaving stations at Chicago, Sheboygan, Ludington and Manistee are about to be furnished with Ramsay's patent two-brake, five inch cylinder force pumps, each of which will be furnished with 20 feet of suction pipe and 50 feet of improved hose. The pumps are to be used in cases of …

      For more on the DOWS, the lakes' only five-mast schooner see http://home.xnet.com/~acpinc/dows.html.

      The schooner C. G. Trumpff drifted against the Pacific elevator on Friday at Chicago, and ran her jibboom through the siding of the building, making a hole through which about 2,000 bushels of corn fell in the river.

      OPERATING THE ST. MARY'S FALLS CANAL, MICHIGAN The expense of operating the old canal during the 22 days the government has had charge has been $1,308.51. The receipts from dockage and rent of superintendent's residence has been $26.22. During the time 488 vessels have passed ...

      Capt. Van Cleve's Historic Homestead Detroit Free Press: - Messrs. Desmarais Bros., of Windsor, have taken several views in the old town of Sandwich, and among them one of a house that deserves mention. It is one of the landmarks on the river, and was known as the Baby ...

      The Erie Dispatch of Wednesday says: A number of improvements are already being discussed at the lake for next season. Among them will be the removal of the old pier between the beacon light and the fog bell. The beacon tower, which is entirely of iron and was made in …

      A petition is being circulated and largely signed by captains navigating Lake Erie, praying for the restoration of the land light at Erie, Pa., which has been discontinued to the great detriment of navigation in that vicinity. A copy of the petition, which should receive a signature of each ...

      The OSCODA (US#155012), built 1878, was 529.69 tons gross.

      The NATT STICKNEY (US#130184) was a new tug of 77 gt, built at E. Saginaw for the local marine construction firm mentioned. She lasted until at least 1902. There were also tugs named after the other owners of the firm, ROYS J. CRAM (US#110520, b. 1882) and two W. S. …

      Frank Houghton, one of the proprietors of the Marine News and Record, published in Cleveland, was in the city Saturday on business connected with his paper. The Chicago Times says: It is said that a new weekly marine paper will soon be started in Detroit. The failures in this branch …

      DOWS IN TROUBLE AGAIN Special Dispatch to the Post and Tribune Erie, May 20. - The big schooner David Dows cannot carry a full load out of Erie harbor. She is loaded with 245 car loads of coal and has been aground at the wharf for two days. The tugs …

      THE NEW SURF BOAT The terrible accident which happened at Point au Barques on April 23, 1880, and resulted in the loss of the entire crew of the Point au Barques lifesaving station, with the single exception of Capt. Jerome G. Kiah, is still fresh in the memory of all …

      SUNK FOR FORTY-TWO YEARS Chicago Times: C. H. Cook, a prominent mill man of Whitehall, and Capt. McBride of the propeller Snook, have chartered the tug Wm. Richards to visit the long sunken schooner about two miles north of Little Point Sauble, supposed to be the ill-fated Favorite ...

      A SUCCESSFUL SEARCH A dispatch to the Chicago Tribune from Erie dated September 4, says: About two months ago the schooner Phantom of Buffalo arrived in this port with a mission to search for the wreck of the schooner Vermilion, which with a large cargo of copper, was wrecked on …

      As the steamer Keweenaw was passing Forty Mile Point [Lake Huron - d] on her late trip, Capt. Jones sighted a large schooner, and passed close to her stern. As he was passing the captain of the schooner came on deck and hailed Capt. Jones as follows: "Can you tell …

      It takes a day and a half to wheel 1,200 tons of coal on one of the line propellers, while that amount may be spouted in about five hours.

      The first mate of the new vessel building for Hanson and Scove at Manitowoc, named Leith, fell from the main crosstrees to the deck, a distance of seventy-five feet, on Thursday, and was severely, if not fatally, injured.