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 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 ...

      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 …

      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 ...

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      MARINE DISASTER. - Five Men Lost. - The steamer America, Capt. Masson, due here this morning, did not arrive till one o'clock this afternoon, in consequence of a collision which happened between two and three o'clock this morning, off Genesee. Mr. Barry, the Clerk of the America, ...

      The Collision between the Steamer America and the Schooner Emblem _____ In our account, hastily made up yesterday, of this melancholy disaster, we gave the names of six persons being lost, as we obtained them from Mr. Berry, the Purser of the America, who informed us at the same ...

      The steamer Banshee while on her way from Cape Vincent to Toronto fell in with the wreck of the ill fated schooner Emblem, lately run into by the steamer America. The captain of the Banshee took the wreck in tow and brought her to Toronto. She is of course considerably …

      Anniversary of the Capture of Oswego On the 6th day of May, 1814, forty years ago to-day, Oswego was captured by a British naval and land force, after a gallant defense by a small force of soldiers and marines. On the preceding day, May 5th, a British naval force consisting …

      The recent disaster on Lake Erie, by which the brig Oxford was lost, should be judicially investigated, and not permitted to pass by unnoticed as was that of the reckless, and perhaps criminal, destruction of the steamer Northerner. Five human beings were drowned, or if the sinking was caused ...

      The Schooner Challenge. This fine vessel, which was recently purchased by Government for the purpose of distributing light-house oil and stores along the lakes, is thus spoken of by the Buffalo Express: "Capt. Woodruff, of the Topographical Engineers and Light House Board, has ...

      A new Centre-Board Wrench. - Mr. E.C. Hammond has invented a centre-board wrench which works with a "worm" instead of spur gearing, being as fast or faster in operation than the ordinary wrench and not complicated. It does away with all danger of lowering the centre-board, and appears ...