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      The Manlius paper states, that on the night of the 8th ult. , a battle took place off Oswego , between two boats which escaped from that port, and some men on shore. Muskets ...

 Niles Weekly Register, July 10, 1819     Ontario. A letter from a traveller, dated Sackett's Harbor, June 6th, states that the United States vessels on lake Ontario, which were in service during the late war, are fast going to decay. The New Orleans, on the stocks, is enclosed in a building 230 feet in length, by 90 …

      Arrived at this village, (Rochester) on Wednesday last, the Canal Boat Western Trader, Capt. Garney, from Utica, with a full freight of Emigrants, consisting of eight families, in all sixty persons, who have come the distance of one hundred miles, for the moderate sum of $1.50 each - thus ...

      The ships on the lakes, especially those on Ontario, with the exception of the New Orleans and Chippewa, of 106 guns each, are in a state of rapid decay, as was to have been expected. Those named were not launched, and, being well covered, might now soon be fitted for …

 Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 11 Oct 1941     TIMBER ISLANDER Schooner Days DXVI (516) by C. H. J. Snider _______ Once upon a time there came to Napanee a great big man with a curly black moustache, a big bulging cigar and a long heavy ...

      Fish Stories An Old Veteran Tells a Reminiscence When Salmon River Was Alive With Salmon _________ The following written by J. A. Mathewson to the Pulaski Democrat will be read with interest by all anglers: Having been a resident of the town of Richland 76 years, I ...

      Wreck of the Asp (Letter dated Richland, N. Y. , Oct. 16, 1820, from James F. Wright, Oswego, county coroner and district attorney, to Thomas Racey of Niagara, owner of the vessel). Dear Sir: The schooner Asp , commanded by Capt. Prosser, was wrecked near the ...

      New Steamboat. - The steamer Great Britain, on her last trip up the lake, had in tow the new boat Ontario, which was launched at Prescott on the 7th inst. She is taken to Niagara, where she is to receive her engines and be completed. The Ontario is a beautiful …

      Launch. - Yesterday afternoon took place the launch of the beautiful Steamer Lady of the lake, in most elegant style, in the presence of a large concourse of our citizens, without any accident or other impediment in the gratifying performance. This boat is to help form the daily line between …

      The history of the tug LADY FRANKLIN is given by a Kingston exchange: The tug LADY FRANKLIN is being torn to pieces and the engine taken out for transference to the tug now building. The old boiler will not be used. The FRANKLIN was built in Cleveland in 1861 by …

      Launch of the New Tug. - The new tug of Ald. Dobbie, was launched above the bridge on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. She was decked in bridal robes and glided into her native element gracefully and beautifully, and sits like "a thing of …

      SCHOONER SUNK. ---During the night of Tuesday last, the GREAT BRITAIN in her passage up to Kingston, had the mishap to run foul of the schooner MARGARET MILLER, of Hillier, fully loaded with wheat, off Oak Point, and sunk her---crew saved.--------Kingston Whig ...

      Of the two schooners stranded at and near Oswego, the ALBACORE is sure to be released. The hull of the T. R. MERRITT is punctured, the deck is badly sprung, indicating that the vessel's back may be broken. There is no insurance on either of the schooners.

      Kingston, Dec. 13. -- The schooner MORNING STAR, bound for Wolfe Island from Cape Vincent, light, struck some ice and sunk at the south shore of Wolfe Island. A Tug went to her assistance.

      Wrecks on the Great lakes Casualty List for 1901 July 7, 1901, -- Small steamer ALBERTA, coal laden, wrecked on Lake Ontario, near Cape Vincent.

      Thrilling Experience. _____ The Schooner Agnes Hope Becomes Waterlogged off this Port and is Abandoned by Her Crew. The captain of the schooner Jessie ...