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- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 15 Jul 1905The Richmond (US#11138) was worth $10,000 in 1864.The Richmond (US#11138) was worth $10,000 in 1864.Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 25 Jul 1905"M ft. B.M." = 1,000 feet, board measure [1 board foot = equivalent to a board a foot long, a foot wide and an inch thick = 144 cubic inches] A "true" eight-foot "two by four" is 5 1/3 board feet, while a "nominal" two by four of the same …"M ft. B.M." = 1,000 feet, board measure [1 board foot = equivalent to a board a foot long, a foot wide and an inch thick = 144 cubic inches] …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), August 19, 1905WON'T REDUCE LAKE LEVEL _______ COSTE'S OPINION OF DAM AT ST. MARY'S RAPIDS Ottawa, Ont., August 18. Louis Coste, of the international waterways commission, has returned from Sault Ste Marie, where he went in company with Mr. Mabee, K. C., of Toronto, and Mr. Clinton of ...WON'T REDUCE LAKE LEVEL _______ COSTE'S OPINION OF DAM AT ST. MARY'S RAPIDS Ottawa, Ont., August 18. Louis Coste, of the international waterways commission, has returned from Sault Ste Marie, …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Aug. 19, 1905SMITHS NEARLY ALL PASSED. All of the six Smiths but one owned by the United States and the Lyman C. Smith Transportation Cos. passed Detroit in the twenty-four hours between 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon and the same hour Friday. In the down passage were the Monroe C. , the Hurlburt …SMITHS NEARLY ALL PASSED. All of the six Smiths but one owned by the United States and the Lyman C. Smith Transportation Cos. passed Detroit in the twenty-four hours between …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Jun 9, 1905Anyone have any information on whether CHEQUAMEGON ever made it to California? She is not listed under this name in the 1910 Merchant Vessels.Anyone have any information on whether CHEQUAMEGON ever made it to California? She is not listed under this name in the 1910 Merchant Vessels.Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 27 Sep, 1905The GEORGE W. ROBY, a wooden steam barge, was converted to a towbarge after this incident, which occurred at the mouth of the Detroit River. Surprisingly, she burned to total loss in a nearly identical incident the following year, in almost the same spot (Lime Kiln Crossing). In that incident, …The GEORGE W. ROBY, a wooden steam barge, was converted to a towbarge after this incident, which occurred at the mouth of the Detroit River. Surprisingly, she burned to total …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 27 Sep, 1905Resorting to more primitive means, the VIGILANT, after a number of verbal warnings and even a shot across the bows, had rammed and sunk the U.S. fish tug GRACIE M. in June of the same year.Resorting to more primitive means, the VIGILANT, after a number of verbal warnings and even a shot across the bows, had rammed and sunk the U.S. fish tug GRACIE M. …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 25 June 1905BUMPED INTO WRECK SMALL STEAMER RAN ON LINDEN, BUT BACKED OFF. VESSELS CANNOT PASS SUNKEN BOAT TWO ABREAST. Now Quite Certain That Bodies Have Floated Away. The position of the sunken steamer LINDEN, above Sans Souci, St. Clair river, is such that all captains are ...BUMPED INTO WRECK SMALL STEAMER RAN ON LINDEN, BUT BACKED OFF. VESSELS CANNOT PASS SUNKEN BOAT TWO ABREAST. Now Quite Certain That Bodies Have Floated Away. The position of the …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905A TIMELY RESCUE _______ THREE EXHAUSTED SAILORS TAKEN FROM SCHR. ABBIE _______ MANISTEE LIFESAVERS ARRIVED ON SPECIAL TRAIN _______ One Man Swam Ashore Through the Icy Seas _______ Manistee, November 8. - Early this morning the little ...A TIMELY RESCUE _______ THREE EXHAUSTED SAILORS TAKEN FROM SCHR. ABBIE _______ MANISTEE LIFESAVERS ARRIVED ON SPECIAL TRAIN _______ One Man Swam Ashore Through the Icy Seas _______ Manistee, November …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905SHIPPERS STAND PAT _______ ORE MEN REFUSE MORE THAN CONTRACT RATE _______ SMALL VESSELS IN DEMAND IN COAL TRADE _______ Buffalo Grain Blockade May Be Broken Soon _______ Cleveland, November 8. - The freight market was quiet all around ...SHIPPERS STAND PAT _______ ORE MEN REFUSE MORE THAN CONTRACT RATE _______ SMALL VESSELS IN DEMAND IN COAL TRADE _______ Buffalo Grain Blockade May Be Broken Soon _______ Cleveland, November …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905Shift in Lightkeepers[sic] _______ Grand Haven, Mich., November 8. - Supt. Charles Norton, of the twelfth lifesaving district, has transferred Keeper Berndt Carlson from the White Lake Station to the one at Ludington. Edwin E. Bedford, surfman at Point Betsey, gets the White ...Shift in Lightkeepers[sic] _______ Grand Haven, Mich., November 8. - Supt. Charles Norton, of the twelfth lifesaving district, has transferred Keeper Berndt Carlson from the White Lake Station to the …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905DETROIT SAILOR DROWNED _______ BROTHER WITNESSED TRAGEDY, YOUNG MAN OVERBOARD St. Clair, Mich., November 8. (Special.) - Joseph Boyle, of Detroit, a sailor on the steamer Marigold, which is lying at the dock here, was drowned at a bout 10:30 o'clock tonight. Boyle got ...DETROIT SAILOR DROWNED _______ BROTHER WITNESSED TRAGEDY, YOUNG MAN OVERBOARD St. Clair, Mich., November 8. (Special.) - Joseph Boyle, of Detroit, a sailor on the steamer Marigold, which is lying …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905LICENSE IS SUSPENDED _______ STR. CHEQUAMEGON LACKED REQUIRED METAL LIFEBOAT Local steamboat inspectors at Grand Haven have suspended for sixty days the license of Capt. C. C. Fowler, master and first-class pilot, because the steamer Chequamegon had not been provided ...LICENSE IS SUSPENDED _______ STR. CHEQUAMEGON LACKED REQUIRED METAL LIFEBOAT Local steamboat inspectors at Grand Haven have suspended for sixty days the license of Capt. C. C. Fowler, master and …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905October Lake Levels The gauge records of the United States lake survey show the following mean stages of water above sea level for October, 1905: Stage during October Higher than same month last year Lower than same month ...October Lake Levels The gauge records of the United States lake survey show the following mean stages of water above sea level for October, 1905: Stage during October Higher than …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905$9,000 Repair Bill on the Iowa Milwaukee, November 8. - Repairs to the steamer Iowa, which stranded at Fox Point last week, will cost $9,000.$9,000 Repair Bill on the Iowa Milwaukee, November 8. - Repairs to the steamer Iowa, which stranded at Fox Point last week, will cost $9,000.Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905Rend Towed to Mackinaw Mackinaw City, November 8. - The steamer Black Rock picked up the steamer W. P. Rend, at anchor near Beaver Island with a broken shaft, and towed her here this morning. Chicago, November 8. - The Rend will be picked up at Mackinaw City by some …Rend Towed to Mackinaw Mackinaw City, November 8. - The steamer Black Rock picked up the steamer W. P. Rend, at anchor near Beaver Island with a broken shaft, and …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Nov. 9, 1905Pensobscot Damaged in Collision A dispatch from Port Huron states that the schooner Penobscot, which was in collision with the steamer Lake Shore at the St. Clair Flats on Monday, was damaged about $1,000, all above the water-line. Temporary repairs will be made so that she can ...Pensobscot Damaged in Collision A dispatch from Port Huron states that the schooner Penobscot, which was in collision with the steamer Lake Shore at the St. Clair Flats on Monday, …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Bulletin (Collingwood, ON), June 22, 1905*Northern Navigation Co., Collingwood. The CITY OF COLLINGWOOD (C#94766) burned at the Grand Trunk rail docks at Collingwood and was destroyed, along with the dock and nearby sheds. She was 213 feet keel and 1,387 t. The CITY OF PARRY SOUND (C#94762, ex-FAVORITE), which burned in 1900, may have been …*Northern Navigation Co., Collingwood. The CITY OF COLLINGWOOD (C#94766) burned at the Grand Trunk rail docks at Collingwood and was destroyed, along with the dock and nearby sheds. She was …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 28 May 1905 (?)Floating Theater. Detroit theatrical men are said to be negotiating for the charter of the old BADGER STATE as a floating vaudeville theater, with roof garden features. John Stevenson, manager of the boat, says nothing definate has been done. Mr. Stevenson suggests that the ...Floating Theater. Detroit theatrical men are said to be negotiating for the charter of the old BADGER STATE as a floating vaudeville theater, with roof garden features. John Stevenson, manager …Maritime History of the Great Lakes
- Port Huron Daily Times (Port Huron, MI), 1 Jun 1905SANDSUCKER SUNK _______ In a Collision in St. Clair River on Wednesday. _______ Nine Persons Made the Shore in Safety. _______ The sandsucker GEORGE T. BURROUGHS, of Windsor, was sunk in collision with a steamer supposed to be the C. F. BIELMAN below ...SANDSUCKER SUNK _______ In a Collision in St. Clair River on Wednesday. _______ Nine Persons Made the Shore in Safety. _______ The sandsucker GEORGE T. BURROUGHS, of Windsor, was sunk …Maritime History of the Great Lakes