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 Onondaga Standard (Syracuse, NY), Sep. 29, 1847     From the Oswego Commercial Times History of Steam navigation on Lake Ontario _______ The rapid increase and general improvement in the commercial marine of the Lakes, impart a high degree of interest to every thing relating to the early history and progress of our steam ...

      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

      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 ...

      Ogdensburg , Dec. 10. -- An examination of the OREGON by a diver reveals a hole in her starboard bow five planks wide and five or six feet long. The forefoot and keel are badly damaged. The dry oats ...

      Ogdensburg , Dec. 11. -- The lighter from the steamer OREGON has arrived here with about 17,600 bushels of oats. These were between decks and are damp. The balance of her cargo is under water. She is on ...

      Oswego, N. Y., April 26. -- A special to the Palladium from Charlotte states that the tow of the tug HECTOR, consisting of the big dredge GENERAL MEADE, and two scows, bound from Sodus to Detroit, was broken up in the north-east gale last night, west of Charlotte, and went …

      The steel stm. ARTHUR ORR was last week launched at Chicago from the yard of the Chicago Ship Building Co. She is 302 ft. over all, 287 ft. keel and 24 1/2 ft. deep. She will have triple expansion engines and will be fitted with an awning deck for the …

      Smith, Davis & Co. have since the first of the month, received notice from many owners that their vessels would lay up, and more notices are coming in daily. Among the boats are the stm. ARTHUR ORR.

      The barge WILLIAM YOUNG in tow of the steamer NASHUA is reported foundered near Mackinaw Island yesterday. The barge's crew were saved. The YOUNG was of 413 tons register and rated A 2 in the Inland Lloyds. She was valued at $11,000, and owned by the Pawme Boat Company. ...

      The stm. ARTHUR ORR, which was in the passenger business during the World's Fair, arrived here this morning from Chicago with a load of package freight and grain. The ORR is 1,974 tons register and is practically a duplicate of the THOMAS MAYTHAM.

      Fatal Accident Archibald Woods of Lindsay, Canada Lost Overboard About nine o'clock yesterday morning as the Schooner Philo Bennett, was on her way from Deseronto to Oswego a young man named Archibald Woods was lost overboard. Captain Eccles gives us the following ...

      CANAL REGULATIONS. At a meeting of the Board of Canal Commissioners in the city of Albany, on the 10th of March, 1826, the following rules and regulations, in addition to those provided by law relating to the Erie and Champlain canals, were adopted to wit: 1. Every boat ...

      Launch at Brockville - A steamer named Bristol was launched from the yard of Messrs. Chaffrey Bros., Brockville, on Saturday last. She is the largest class built to pass through the locks. The launch was successful, and was witnessed by a very large number of spectators. ...

      Launch. - Yesterday afternoon, the new steamer Dawn, built for Messrs. H. & S. Jones, by Mr. Parkin, ship builder of this town, was launched amid the cheers of a large concourse of spectators. She is a good model, and went into her destined element in fine style. The Albion, …

      Large Variety of Craft Move in 'Lake of Thousand Islands,' Reminiscent of Early History ______ WATERTOWN - Water traffic is teeming this summer through the Lake of a Thousand Isles, in volume and with a variety of craft unknown since long before the recent war. First ...

      Schooner W. S. Malcolm Waterlogged - Strange conduct of the Captain and four of the Crew. - Capt. Smith, of the schooner Kyle Spangler, which arrived here last night, reports to us he found the schooner W.S. Malcolm, Capt. Barck, with a cargo of lumber for this port, waterlogged, ...

      This beautiful craft, it will be remembered got upon the rocks in Lake Erie and had it not been for her great strength and the U.S. Steamer, who came to her relief, she would have been ship-wrecked. As it was, about 1000 bushels of wheat were thrown over board. The …

      After Many Years Parties gathering driftwood near Snake Creek, in the town of Mexico Friday found a chair stamped, "Schr. W.I. Preston." The schooner Preston hailed from Oswego and was wrecked on Simcoe Island near Kingston, fifteen or sixteen years ago. She was in command ...