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      New Vessels. The Oswego Advertiser of the 18th announces the launch of the Queen of the West. She is a beautiful vessel of the first class. Mr.Weeks, the proprietor of the West, has another vessel on the stock, which he will launch in a month. Mr. Dobbie of Oswego, has …

 Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 15 Oct 1846     SCHOONER ODD FELLOW.--This is the name of a new vessel lately constructed at the ship yard of Mr. Thomas Dobbie, of Oswego, and which was launched at that place on Tuesday last. Her length of deck is 127 feet--breadth of beam 23 feet 5 inches and depth of hold 10 …

      Articles From The Schooner "Volunteer." - The schooner Volunteer, which went ashore near Port Ontario several days ago, was got off yesterday and towed by the tug Crusader to Goble & Macfarlane's dry dock, where she will be repaired. The following enumerated articles were found ...

      MARINE DISASTER THE "ORION" OF HAMILTON (The Oswego Palladium gives the following:) "From a conversation with Capt. Daniel Pease, of the lost vessel, we gather the following particulars: The ORION had a cargo of freestone from Cleveland, Ohio, for Brockville, ...

 Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), Dec. 16, 1902     Five Rescued From Wreck ____ Charlotte Life Savers Succeed After Hours Of Heroic Work In The Cold. ____ ROCHESTER , Dec. 16. - Exhausted and almost frozen, four men and one woman were rescued from the schooner barge

 Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), Dec. 16, 1902   Five Rescued From Wreck ____ Charlotte Life Savers Succeed After Hours Of Heroic Work In The Cold. ____ ROCHESTER , Dec. 16. - Exhausted and almost frozen, four men and …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Early Lake History - The Detroit Post has been gathering scraps of lake history, from which we take the following: "On Lake Ontario , previous to 1797 and during that year, the following ...

      Reminiscences. - The Syracuse Standard prints a letter from Hon. Thos. Richmond, of Chicago, formerly of Salina, in which he gives some interesting reminiscences of early pioneer life in this part of the world. Among other things he says: "In 1819 I commenced a small traffic ...

      Ontario Dry Dock. - A Great Enterprise. We recently paid a visit to the Ontario Dry Dock, situated at the foot of West First street, which has been completed and is now in course of operation. This work is owned by F.G. Carrington, and was commenced a year ago the …

 Oswego Daily Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 24 Aug 1869     New Invention - Important to Vessel Owners and Masters - A Modern Mode of Furling Gaff Topsails It is an old adage that the idea is the father to the thought. So it is true with several important inventions that have been brought to notice during the present season of …

 Oswego Daily Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 15 May 1869     New Propeller. - The new propeller Dalhousie, of the Welland Railway line, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon, with 16,313 bushels of wheat for M. Merrick. The Dalhousie takes the place of the ill-fated Perseverance, the particulars of whose loss on the lake last fall, are fresh ...

 Oswego Daily Advertiser & Times (Oswego, NY), 27 Apr 1869     Handsome Sight. - Early this morning the lake presented as fine a sight as it has ever been our privilege to witness. The water was perfectly calm and its surface shone like polished glass, while some forty or more outward bound vessels lay becalmed, waiting for a breeze to spring …

      Oswego, Aug. 31 - A gale of unusual severity for this season of the year has prevailed here since Thursday. The schooner ALPHA, from Toronto, for this port went ashore, five miles below the harbor, and will probably be a total wreck. Her crew were taken off in the life-boat …

      Charlotte, N.Y., Oct. 17 - The schooner MARY of Chaumont, with a cargo of limestone, went ashore at 4 o'clock this morning. The crew were saved. The vessel is going to pieces.

      Obituary Notes [Part Only] A Prince Among Shipbuilders Flags were flying at half-mast from several of the principal business places in St.Catharines on Saturday [April 24] and nearly all the vessels and steam craft on the ...

      St. Catharines , July 26 - On Saturday afternoon last [July 24] Captain Miller launched from his yard in Port Dalhousie one of the largest vessels ever built on ...

      New Steamers - Two new screw steamers named respectively Ontario and Quebec , have just been completed at Chatham , Ont., for

    New Steamers - Two new screw steamers named respectively Ontario and Quebec , have just been completed at Chatham , Ont., for

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Sarnia , May 6 - The new propeller Ontario , of Beatty's Royal Mail Line of steamers, arrived here from Chatham this morning, ...

      Chatham , June 13 - The new propeller built by Messrs. Simpson & Chisholm for a stock company here was successfully launched at three p.m. today and christened "

    Chatham , June 13 - The new propeller built by Messrs. Simpson & Chisholm for a stock company here was successfully launched at three p.m. today and christened "

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Drowned in Lake Ontario - We were shocked to learn yesterday that Capt. John B. Barrus, master of the schooner " Hosea M. Ballou ," of Oak Orchard, was accidentally drowned on Tuesday night about 12 o'clock. It appears that while the vessel was bound from Oswego to Port ...

      An Interesting Relic. A Rocking Chair Made from the Keel of Vessel Built Sixty Years Ago. The sailing packet Duke of Richmond, 70 tons burthen, launched spring, 1820, at the foot of Frederick street, York; owned and sailed by Capt. Edward Oates; December, 1826, bound from ...