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      Marine Disasters for 1898. Apr. 19â€"The small schooner Mishicott, on route from South Haven to Manistee came near foundering. Life-savers kept her afloat by pumping and brought her into Manistee.

      Marine Disasters for 1898. June 5.â€"The tug O. M. Field ran ashore on Good Harbor reef during fog. She was released by the tug Ryan. Her wheel and shaft were broken on the rocks.

      Marine Disasters for 1898. Steamer Lewis Pahlow, 366 tons, 155 4 ft. length, with consort barges Delta and D. L. Flier, 269 tons 134 ft length and 357 tons, 156 6 ft length, ran on a reef between Plum and Detroit Islands. The outfit was lumber-laden from Thompson to Chicago. …

      Marine Disasters for 1898. Sept. 29â€"The schooner Active, 21 tons, 40.4 ft. stranded on Ford River reef in thick weather and was abandoned as a total loss. She was loaded with hay from Ephraim for Ford River. The hull is intact and is high and dry out of the water. …

      Marine Disasters for 1898. Oct. 4â€"The steamer Pewaukee, 310 tons, 185 5 114.7 ft. length, with lumber for Chicago became ft., length with a lumber cargo for Chicago, was towed into the Chicago river in a waterlogged condition and afterwards sank in the Lighthouse slip. Recovered. ...

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. There is $14,000 worth of insurance on the burned steamer Joys. As yet the adjusting agents have not put in an appearance at the scene of disaster.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. The steamer Atlanta was at the canal again on Monday. She discharged a quantity of long oak plank on the ice near the clump. The material is for shipbuilding.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. The work of strengthening the tower of the new coast lighthouse at the canal has been completed. The tower is now sufficiently iff (sic) to withstand the heavy winds.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. The steamer Rand, en route to Jacksonport for a wood cargo from Milwaukee sought the shelter of the canal during the southwesterly snowstorm of Wednesday. She got away for Jacksonport the next morning.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. Canal Supt. A. N. Dier returned home from Manitowoc on Thursday whence he went to look after the building of the steamlaunch for the Engineer Dept., which will be used for running between the city and canal.

      Reported From the Crow’s Nest. When the steamer Joys sank in the canal, the weight of the machinery and boiler aft, and cables and anchor for’ard broke her in two amidships (sic) after resting on the bottom. The foremast fell across the canal and what remains of the hull is …

      Schooner Idea Sunk. The small schooner Idea, hailing from Washington Harbor, Capt. Nels Zink, owner and master, went to the bottom near Long Tail Point, entrance to Fox River Green Bay, Saturday night. She was loaded with wood and inward bound, when she came in contact with newly formed ice, …

      Shipyard Marine Notes. Rieboldt, Wolter & Co., the local shipbuilders and dry dock owners, will be listed among the busy lake ship yards this winter. The company already has several important repair jobs and reconstruction work on hand.

      Shipyard Marine Notes. The fire tug Menominee River is to undergo a partial rebuild, including new frames, new lining and some new outside planking where needed. It will take three or four weeks to complete the work.

      Shipyard Marine Notes. The tug Delta of the Escanaba Towing and Wrecking Co., is to receive an entire rebuild. The Delta is in very much need of a rebuild, having been condemned by the steamboat inspectors as unseaworthy, owing to her frail hull.

      Shipyard Marine Notes. The next on the program is the steamer R. A. Seymour for an entire new bottom.

      Shipyard Marine Notes. The steamer John Shroeder will also winter here for new decks.

      Shipyard Marine Notes. The dry dock people are busily engaged in getting the necessary material in readiness for the construction of another box for their floating dock. This will give them almost double the capacity as heretofore.

      Among Our Nautical Visitors. Captain O. L. Olsen, of the schooner L. B. Coates, was among our marine visitors on Wednesday. This was Captain Olsen’s last trip and after discharging her cargo at Manitowoc she was stripped and placed in winter quarters. The trip before this was to Ford River …

      Among Our Nautical Visitors. Captain James Currans and Engineer Jay Phillips of the tug Ames was in to pay their respects to McGinnis on Monday. When Engineer Phillips who was in the Fischer with Captain Dunn last season, was asked what had become of the big hearted Irishman, he said …