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 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 7 Dec 1842     The Late Gale. - It is but seldom that we have to record so many disasters on our inland waters as it has been our misfortune to do within the past few days. A great many lives have been lost, and a large amount of property destroyed. Among the shipwrecks …

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 1 May 1829     ADVERTISEMENT. - Notice is hereby given to the Public, that the TOLLS of the GOVERNMENT LOCKS and CANALS upon the RIVER St. LAWRENCE, will be REDUCED at the opening of the Navigation to the rates in force previously to the year 1827; but it will be obligatory to take out …

      HEAVY STORM AT OSWEGO. Boat Capsized, One Man Drowned, Buildings Unroofed and Other Damage Done. Oswego, Sept. 26. -- A fearful storm of wind and rain raged here all night and this morning. The wind recorded 50 miles an hour but blew much harder at the lake. The roof ...

      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. ...

      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

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 9 Dec 1846, p. 4     Welland Canal The breach which at present interrupts the navigation of that canal detains some seventy vessels with their cargoes and threatens them with a Winter's berth in the interior of Canada. The break itself will, as we understand, be repaired in a few days, and the ice, ...

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 17 Nov 1826, p. 2     Another Steam-boat Accident. --A lette from Niagara, dated the 6th inst. informs us, that the new steam-boat Niagara , Capt. Mosier, while on her way up from Prescott, run on a rock in Lake Ontario, near Long Point. The steam-boat Queenston, Capt. Whiting, on passing ...

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 24 Aug 1827     Another Murder Committed by Rum .--A fireman of the steam boat Queenston, while at Prescott last week, being drunk, fell into the machinery, and was killed.

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 30 Oct 1844, p. 4     From the Buffalo Commercial of Saturday Propellor and Brig Ashore .-- By letters received in town to-day per Constitution, we learn that the propeller Emigrant, with a cargo of 9000 bushels of wheat, from Chicago, for this port, is ashore at Goderich, ...

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 4 Mar 1825, p. 1     Niagara River .--The weather was so cold a few days since, on the western frontier, that the Niagara river was frozen over, and from the storage of the water by the ice, the river rose from nine to twelve feet. The cakes of ice on the third day, were from …

 New York Spectator (New York, NY), 25 Dec 1827, p. 1     From the Buffalo Journal Commerce of Lake Erie .--By a statement furnished by the officers of the Custom-House, at this port, and published in the Gazette, it appears that the number of American vessels employed in the commerce of the upper Lakes, ...

      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 ...

      Belle Sheridan's Survivor ______ The Fullest Account yet Given of the Loss of the Vessel and Crew. ______ James McSherry, sole survivor of the crew of the Belle Sheridan, was seen this morning. He is ill, his lungs being badly affected. He was scarcely able to ...

 Globe (Toronto, ON), 18 Jul 1921, p. 7     Widlar Wreck is Nearly Salvaged _______ But Little of Furnishings and Equipment left on the Boat Special Despatch to The Globe.) Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., July 17.--The work of salvaging the wreck of the steamer Frances Widlar, which ...

      It will be seen by our advertising columns, that the steamer Goderich, (late Gore,) is about to take the place of the Kent on the British side of Lake Erie, and will facilitate travelling between the different British Ports on this Lake as well as between Buffalo and Detroit. We …

 Globe (Toronto, ON), 19 Aug 1845, p. 2     Steamboat Monopoly on Lake Ontario We have hesitated long as to whether we should bring this subject before the public, and expose the exactions which are imposed on the travelling community on our waters. We are fully aware that where private individuals have embarked in extensive ...

 Globe (Toronto, ON), 6 Oct 1858, p. 2     COLLINGWOOD AND THE COLLINGWOOD ROUTE. ______ (To the Editor of the Globe) SIR,--Knowing the deep interest that you and your large circle of readers take in the welfare and future prospects of Collingwood, and in the development and healthy promotion of the vast ...

      The Steamer Admiral broke her crank at half past 7 o'clock, A. M., on Saturday, as she was passing Bond Head. No other damage was done. The Steamer Magnet very shortly after the accident met the Admiral and towed her up to Toronto. In consequence of this ...

 Globe (Toronto, ON), 1 Jun 1857, p. 3     HARRISON VS. BUTTERWORTH.--The plaintiff in this action, a ship-smith, sued the defendant for the payment of certain work executed on the steamer "Montmorenci," while the defendant was master of it. The plaintiff set up that the order was given by Butterworth, but this was not clearly proved. ...

      DISTURBANCES AT THE LAKE SUPERIOR MINES Intelligence has been received by Government from Capt. Anderson, Indian Agent, that some disturbance has occurred in the mining districts on lake Superior. The difficulty has arisen from a claim made by the Indians to the land granted, by ...