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  • Gale on Lake Ontario
    Gale on Lake Ontario
    NewspaperText       GALE ON LAKE ONTARIO Extract from a letter from Sackets Harbor date April 18 to a gentleman in tis city. There has been a severe gale on our lake. The steamboat United States is up the lake and has been due at this port agreeable to her advertisements three days. …
    NewspaperText     GALE ON LAKE ONTARIO Extract from a letter from Sackets Harbor date April 18 to a gentleman in tis city. There has been a severe gale on our lake. The …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • American (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1871
    American (Schooner), aground, 1 Nov 1871
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Freight: coal Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Freight: coal Remarks: Got off
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  • Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To: Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430)
    Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To: Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 Apr 1940     Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430) By C. H. J. Snider "We hove our ship to In a gale from the north east, boys, We hove our ship to Our soundings to ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 Apr 1940   Master Mariner to Be Rides Out Snowstorm Hove To Schooner Days CCCCXXX (430) By C. H. J. Snider "We hove our ship to In a gale from the north east, …
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  • Three White Colliers: Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435)
    Three White Colliers: Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Jun 1940     Three White Colliers Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435) (Beginning another adventure of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner) By C. H. J. Snider WHILE working diligently with Tom and Joe in the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Jun 1940   Three White Colliers Schooner Days CCCXXXV (435) (Beginning another adventure of Capt. John Williams, Master Mariner) By C. H. J. Snider WHILE working diligently with Tom and Joe in the …
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  • Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner
    Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner
    NewspaperText  Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Oct 1876     Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner Mr. Samuel Hunter, coal and wood merchant of this city on Queen Street West and proprietor of the schooner Maggie Hunter, has received the following copy of a telegram from S. Stone, commission merchant, Oswego: "Oswego, Oct. 13 - Cabin ...
    NewspaperText  Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Oct 1876   Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner Mr. Samuel Hunter, coal and wood merchant of this city on Queen Street West and proprietor of the schooner Maggie Hunter, has received the following …
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  • Fifteen Hours for Oswego: Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288)
    Fifteen Hours for Oswego: Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Apr 1937     Fifteen Hours for Oswego Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288) _______ FIFTY years ago, almost, the first rays of the rising sun touched the white balls above the topmast trucks of the schooner St. Louis as she left Sylvester Brothers' ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Apr 1937   Fifteen Hours for Oswego Schooner Days CCLXXXVIII (288) _______ FIFTY years ago, almost, the first rays of the rising sun touched the white balls above the topmast trucks of the …
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  • Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk: Schooner Days CCXCI (291)
    Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk: Schooner Days CCXCI (291)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 May 1937     Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk Schooner Days CCXCI (291) _______ HERE is a sample from the gallery in the office of John S. Parson's ship chandlery store at Oswego: A two-masted schooner tossing wildly, with both anchor ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 May 1937   Getting a Dusting Off Dunkirk Schooner Days CCXCI (291) _______ HERE is a sample from the gallery in the office of John S. Parson's ship chandlery store at Oswego: A …
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  • Notched Ledger of "The Dummy": Schooner Days CMLXIV (964)
    Notched Ledger of "The Dummy": Schooner Days CMLXIV (964)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 12 Aug 1950     Notched Ledger of "The Dummy" Schooner Days CMLXIV (964) by C. H. J. Snider MOST forecastles were better than the chamber of horrors last described. None was worse. If the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 12 Aug 1950   Notched Ledger of "The Dummy" Schooner Days CMLXIV (964) by C. H. J. Snider MOST forecastles were better than the chamber of horrors last described. None was worse. If the …
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  • Route West Through Oswego
    Route West Through Oswego
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 17 Apr 1850     Route West Through Oswego - There are indications this spring of a very large increase in the forwarding business through this city.-The Canadian trade is finding that it is for its advantage to come this way rather than wait for the opening of the St. Lawrence. The ease with which …
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 17 Apr 1850   Route West Through Oswego - There are indications this spring of a very large increase in the forwarding business through this city.-The Canadian trade is finding that it is for …
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  • Two Peggies of 150 years ago: Schooner Days MXCIV (1099) Happier Bride's Diary - 2
    Two Peggies of 150 years ago: Schooner Days MXCIV (1099) Happier Bride's Diary - 2
    Text  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 4 Apr 1953     Two Peggies of 150 years ago Schooner Days 1099 Happier Bride's Diary -2 The Oswego Peggy, in which Mrs. Anne MacDonell, bride of the High Sheriff and Speaker of the Upper Canada Parliament, embarked at York with good companions, June 2nd, 1805, was a little black ...
    Text  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 4 Apr 1953   Two Peggies of 150 years ago Schooner Days 1099 Happier Bride's Diary -2 The Oswego Peggy, in which Mrs. Anne MacDonell, bride of the High Sheriff and Speaker of the …
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  • Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 16 Apr 1887
    Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 16 Apr 1887
    NewspaperText       I dropped into the office of Captain John Van Alstyne the other day to see if I could pick up a story from some "old tar." You see the captain's office is the central resort for old lake captains when they are in the city. They all know Cap'n John …
    NewspaperText     I dropped into the office of Captain John Van Alstyne the other day to see if I could pick up a story from some "old tar." You see the captain's …
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  • Launch
    Launch
    NewspaperText  Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6     Launch.--A new vessel, the Rockaway, was launched at Oswego on Tuesday afternoon [the 13th] from the yard of Chanler, Alford & Co.
    NewspaperText  Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6   Launch.--A new vessel, the Rockaway, was launched at Oswego on Tuesday afternoon [the 13th] from the yard of Chanler, Alford & Co.
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  • Heavy Fire
    Heavy Fire
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 13 Aug 1858     Heavy Fire. - About half last one o'clock this mornings fire broke out in the cupola of the Empire Elevator, owned by F.,T. Carrington and P. Rathbun, and although every exertion was made by our efficient fire brigade, with the assistance of the hydrants from the adjoining mills, within two …
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 13 Aug 1858   Heavy Fire. - About half last one o'clock this mornings fire broke out in the cupola of the Empire Elevator, owned by F.,T. Carrington and P. Rathbun, and although every …
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  • Navigation in Early Days
    Navigation in Early Days
    NewspaperText  Daily Palladium (Oswego, NY), 8 Feb 1902     Navigation In Early Days. First Propeller On The Lake Was Built In Oswego Sylvester Doolittle Sent Her To The West While The Buffalo Papers Jeered And Called Her The Oswego Humbug Gleaned From Musty Old Records The first steamboat to ply the waters of Lake Ontario was ...
    NewspaperText  Daily Palladium (Oswego, NY), 8 Feb 1902   Navigation In Early Days. First Propeller On The Lake Was Built In Oswego Sylvester Doolittle Sent Her To The West While The Buffalo Papers Jeered And Called Her The Oswego …
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  • Life Savers
    Life Savers
    NewspaperText       LIFE SAVERS ____ Visit to the Oswego Station ____ Facilities Provided by the Government for Saving the Lives of the Shipwrecked - How the Men Do their Work - Watching or Wrecks and Training for Duty. ___ The recent terrible storms on the lakes ...
    NewspaperText     LIFE SAVERS ____ Visit to the Oswego Station ____ Facilities Provided by the Government for Saving the Lives of the Shipwrecked - How the Men Do their Work - Watching …
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  • Disastrous Conflagration!
    Disastrous Conflagration!
    NewspaperText       Disastrous Conflagration! _____ Destruction of the 'Union Elevator with some 40,000 Bushels of Wheat - Loss of $127,000 ____ At about half past ten o'clock last night, fire was discovered in the second story of the "Union Elevator" east end of the iron bridge, ...
    NewspaperText     Disastrous Conflagration! _____ Destruction of the 'Union Elevator with some 40,000 Bushels of Wheat - Loss of $127,000 ____ At about half past ten o'clock last night, fire was discovered …
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  • Ancient Fortifications of Oswego
    Ancient Fortifications of Oswego
    NewspaperText       According to a tradition long current among the people of Oswego, the Fort built upon the high ground on the West side of the River, near the present junction of Van Buren and Sixth streets, the the ruins of which have, with a few years, been effaced by the march …
    NewspaperText     According to a tradition long current among the people of Oswego, the Fort built upon the high ground on the West side of the River, near the present junction of …
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  • Flouring Mills of Oswego
    Flouring Mills of Oswego
    NewspaperText       Flouring Mills of Oswego Being desirous to obtain all the information possible upon a subject so important to this city as its milling business, and of imparting it to our readers, we have procured the following statistics in relation to the Flouring Mills of Oswego. We have found ...
    NewspaperText     Flouring Mills of Oswego Being desirous to obtain all the information possible upon a subject so important to this city as its milling business, and of imparting it to our …
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  • Flouring Mills of Oswego
    Flouring Mills of Oswego
    NewspaperText       Flour Mills of Oswego The following named mills are all located on the Varick Canal, with the exception of the Pearl Mill, which is situated on the West side of the river about two miles from the city. Pardee's (Oswego) Mill This mill has six ...
    NewspaperText     Flour Mills of Oswego The following named mills are all located on the Varick Canal, with the exception of the Pearl Mill, which is situated on the West side of …
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  • Marine Hospital
    Marine Hospital
    NewspaperText       Marine hospital petitions are circulating in this city asking Congress to erect and maintain a Marine Hospital at this point. A stronger and better founded claim for such an establishment can not be urged upon the attention of Congress. The petition sets forth truly, that there is no ...
    NewspaperText     Marine hospital petitions are circulating in this city asking Congress to erect and maintain a Marine Hospital at this point. A stronger and better founded claim for such an establishment …
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