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      Loss of the Steamer Niagara The splendid Steamer Niagara, Capt. R.F. Childs, was wrecked near the mouth of the Genesee River, on Tuesday evening, in one of the hardest gales for a long time experienced on Lake Ontario. She lost her rudder about three o'clock P.M. of Tuesday, when ...

 Rochester Daily Democrat (Rochester, NY), 17 Apr 1847, p. 2     FOR KINGSTON-- The Kingston Harbor is clear of ice, and the Propeller "Ontario" will leave for that port at three o'clock this afternoon.

 Rochester Daily Democrat (Rochester, NY), 8 May 1848, p. 2, column 1     FIRST ARRIVAL FROM CHICAGO.-- The Propeller Ontario, which left here on the 12th of April, for Chicago, was in the gale of Tuesday night, on Lake Erie, when some fifteen vessels were driven ashore. She was also in the severe gale which followed, on Lake Michigan.--Notwithstanding these adverse ...

      LAKE ONTARIO . - The late gale, so far as we have been able to learn, has not been attended with any disastrous consequences on Lake Ontario. The steamer Rochester ,

    LAKE ONTARIO . - The late gale, so far as we have been able to learn, has not been attended with any disastrous consequences on Lake Ontario. The steamer Rochester …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Lake Disaster - The schr. Neekick, of Port Ontario, from Cleveland, foundered at the Cobourg wharf during the gale on Sunday-no persons lost. The steamboat City of Toronto, on her upward passage, encountered tremendous swells, and had her jolly boat washed away. Captain Kerr, of the ...

      The following Card of Thanks is deserved. The management of the boat, during the storm, was admirable. The escape was truly providential: Rochester , Oct. 19, 1844 . We, the undersigned, being ...

      Probable shipwreck and loss of life on Lake Ontario. Charlotte, Oct. 6,1841. Gent.- The severe gale of the 27th has no doubt been more severe on the Lake than was supposed. The late northerly winds have driven ashore at and near the mouth of the Genesee river fragments of ...

      Lake Route - We don't believe any tourist or man of business can gain anything in getting from Syracuse to Niagara, by going around Western New York, especially since the Auburn and Rochester Railroad now brings us within six or seven hours of the village of Salt and Big State …

      Capt. Chas. Gnewuch died at his home in Manistee on Wednesday night of last week, aged 72 years. Captain Gnewuch was one of the oldest and best known masters on Lake Michigan on which body of water he had sailed for upward of half a century. He was part owner …

      The new scow PHOENIX, Capt. George W. Reed, made this port on Sunday, with lumber from Menominee. She measures 125 feet over-all, 26 foot beam and 8 foot 6 inches in depth, in the lowest place, and 211.78 tons burden. She cost in the neighborhood of $16,000 and is the …

      Trouble In The Harbor ______ The Schooner Ben. Franklin and Her Captain Meet With a Series of Trials _____ Last Saturday afternoon Capt. Doville, of the schooner Ben. Franklin, chartered to Isaac Rice to carry a cargo of apples from this port to Montreal, and ...

      Storm On The Lake - During the last five or six days severe storms have prevailed on the Lake, which have considerably delayed and damaged many vessels. The steamer Passport encountered a heavy gale on Friday evening during her trip from Kingston. She did not arrive until eleven o'clock ...

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      The Loss of the Schooner Mary. The following account of the loss of the schooner Mary, off New Buffalo, is given in the Chicago Inter-Ocean of Monday: New Buffalo, Mich., Sept. 13. - As you have already announced, the schooner Mary was lost on the night of Sept. 9. ...

      A vessel which came from the City of New York named Thomas Bradley, is still on the beach about seven miles north of St. Joseph. She went ashore on the 4th of November. She was loaded in New York with machinery and merchandise. The machinery consisted of two engines, four …

      The New Steam Boat "Lady of the Lake." - This beautiful craft left our wharf last Wednesday morning, with a happy party of ladies and gentlemen, (the Utica band playing at the time "The Bonnie Boat.") for a pleasure excursion to Kingston, Ogdensburgh, & c. and returned on Thursday ...

      Industry Opinions No Immediate Seaway Effects. Opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway this spring will not have any noticeable effect on the Sault, according to local businessmen and industrial representatives. For example, to fill orders in foreign markets Roddis ...

      With the advent of springtime fancies of men young and old, don't always to thoughts of love. For instance, sometimes they turn to thoughts of sailing. And Capt. Filicano Manzzutti, skipper of the Yankcanuck, is no exception. The Yankcanuck wintered in the Menominee river harbor in the ...

      A chapter of Sault Ste. Marie and international shipping history closed quietly this morning when the freighters Mancox and Manzzutti were towed from port on their last trip. The two little ships are being towed to southern Ontario for scrapping. Taken under tow about 3 a.m. at ...

      The schooner Elizabeth Day capsized in Lake Michigan off Pyramid point Wednesday night during a storm and is a total loss. The crew of four men left the schooner just before it went over and succeeded in getting to Sleeping Bear point in their yawl. The Day was 97 feet …