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      Ogdensburg , Dec. 11. -- The lighter from the steamer OREGON has arrived here with about 17,600 bushels of oats. These were between decks and are damp. The balance of her cargo is under water. She is on ...

      Sail Ho! - The Minnehaha, Capt. Becker, of this port, is the first in from lake Michigan, beating the fleet by about two hours. The Captain takes a hat on this when he returns to Chicago, some gentlemen of that city having made the tender in case he achieved this …

      There Were No Identification Marks On Smith _____ Relatives and Friends Discount Stores of Search For Treasure _____ Since the arrival of the post mortem photograph of John Smith of

    There Were No Identification Marks On Smith _____ Relatives and Friends Discount Stores of Search For Treasure _____ Since the arrival of the post mortem photograph of John Smith of …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Lake Ontario Steam Boats Judging by the accounts given in the Kingston , Oswego and Rochester papers we may ...

      AN IMPORTANT WORK. _____ The Waters of Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte Connected by Canal at the Head of the Bay. One of the most ...

      Kingston, September 17. -- The schooner T. R. MERRITT which went ashore nine miles above Oswego, is a total wreck. She is owned by Mckay of Hamilton, and was valued at $5,000. There will be about $1,000 salvage.

      Kingston, Dec. 17. -- The schooner MORNING STAR still lies on Knapp's Point, Wolfe Island, and is advertised for sale.

      Oswego, N. Y., April 26. -- A special to the Palladium from Charlotte states that the tow of the tug HECTOR, consisting of the big dredge GENERAL MEADE, and two scows, bound from Sodus to Detroit, was broken up in the north-east gale last night, west of Charlotte, and went …

      The Mariner's Complaint. ____ The Dispute Between the Two Captains of the Ella Murton - The Schooner Sails for Kingston this Morning. The schooner Ella Murton got away this morning ...

      In The Fall of '75 ____ A Furious Gale and the Scene Enacted off Oswego harbor - Interesting Recollections The work of transforming the wrecked schooner, Sam Cook , into a coal barge is ...

      City Ship Chandlery Establishment First Street, East Oswego By W. S. Malcolm. RIGGING OF ALL KINDS Hambroline, Murline, Twine and Palms, Needles, Spunyarn, ...

      The schooner James Navagh is ashore fifteen miles above Presque Isle [Lake Huron].

      RAISING THE SCHOONER JAMES NAVAGH. - This vessel went ashore last fall about fifteen miles above Presque Isle. An effort will be made in a short time to raise her. It is understood that she has not been materially damaged. She is owned in Oswego, and is valued at about …

      RAISING THE JAMES NAVAGH. - Messrs. Quigley and Cary, who took the contract for raising the schooners Nicaragua and James Navagh, have relinquished the latter and it has been taken by the tug Oswego. She started last evening with steam pumps and all the necessary apparatus. The Navagh ...

      THE SCHOONER JAMES NAVAGH. - The Chicago Press of Monday says that the tug Oswego, of Detroit, came into port on Saturday morning, bringing the schooner James Navagh, with a steam pump aboard. That vessel, it will be remembered, went ashore last November at Presque Isle, with a cargo ...

      The trim passenger and package freight steamer CHICORA (US#126902) was a powerful, state of the art vessel when launched. That is part of the reason she chose to issue her usual challenge to the lake gods in deep winter of 1895. On January 21 of that year she left Milwaukee …

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

      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.

      Here's a pretty interesting article on a fairly unusual wreck, the propeller MARQUETTE (ex-REPUBLIC, US#110465), which went down in fair weather off the Apostles, Lake Superior. The wooden steamer was built by Presley at Cleveland in 1880 and was 235 feet keel. The other Gilchrist vessels lost in 1903 were …

      CLAIMS TO HAVE LOCATED THE CHICORA A spiritualist calling himself Prof. James Gustin, who has been at Benton Harbor several weeks, says the Chicora is in the lake ten miles out and 255 ½ (degrees) from the lighthouse in St. Joseph, in 180 feet of water. He shows a document …