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 Daily Globe (Toronto, ON), 4 Aug 1856    

      A short story

      More New Vessels. - Three large, beautiful vessels will be launched tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock, (should the weather permit) from the ship-yards of Ald. George R. Rogers and George Goble. Mr. Roger's vessels are both of like dimensions - 132 ft. keel, 26 ft. 2 inches beam, and 12 …

      A Slaver From Lake Ontario. In noticing the early triumphs of George Steers, who built the propellers Genesee Chief and Ontario, at the mouth of the Genesee River, the Rochester Union gives a brief history of the latter named vessel, which was sold to eastern merchants and ...

      Collision The Steam tug A.F. Smith was run into last evening by the tug A.S. Page, in the river just below the bridge. It appears that the Page was backing up and by some means run into the stern of the Smith knocking a whole in her stern and splintering …

      Marine News ________ The Loss of the Schr. J.P. Hale - This vessel which went ashore yesterday on Ford's Shoals, about four miles up the lake and nearly one mile from shore, will probably be a total wreck. She has bilged, and it is said that wheat is running out …

      This season bids fair to outstrip all preceding ones in the extent of commercial business at Oswego. Our harbor and docks have been a constant scene of bustle and activity, ever since navigation opened. The harbor is continually crowded with steamboats, propellers, vessels and canal boats, the ...

      The season of navigation is drawing to a close. Many of the vessels arriving are laying up for the winter. Whatever may be its results to those engaged in the commerce of the Lakes, a careful view of the business and incidents of the season will show come striking features, …

      The Chesapeake and the Great Lakes United -- The waters of the Chesapeake are now united with the Great Lakes. The first boat through the North Branch (Pa) and the Junction Canals arrived at Elmira, N.Y. on Monday, from Pittston, Pa. She was four days on the passage and came …

      A vessel which came from the City of New York named Thomas Bradley, is still on the beach about seven miles north of St. Joseph. She went ashore on the 4th of November. She was loaded in New York with machinery and merchandise. The machinery consisted of two engines, four …

      Heretofore the name of a vessel, once recognized by the government, could not be changed except by a special act of Congress. A law has recently been passed, vesting the power to make changes in the Secretary of the Treasury, a copy of which we annex: An act authorizing the …

      Perilous Shipwreck on Lake Ontario - Loss of the Steamer Corra Linn. - We noticed yesterday the loss of the small steamer Corra Linn near Kingston in the gale of Thursday night last. The particulars come to us in the Kingston News. Some seventy passengers were in great jeopardy during …

      Another Propeller Sunk - Narrow Escape of the Crew. - The propeller Northern Michigan, of Crawford & Co's Line, sunk about 11 o'clock last night on the bar at the mouth of our harbor. She was bound from the Upper Lakes to Ogdensburg with a cargo of beef and pork, …

      The Sunken Propeller. - The schooner Eliza Wilson was alongside the propeller Northern Michigan early yesterday morning, and her deck load was speedily transferred to the schooner. After taking off a good part of her cargo, and by the aid of pumps, the sunken propeller floated and was ...

      The weather is the finest of the season. The sun shines brightly with a soft Southern breeze, and the snow is rapidly disappearing. We have got in sight of land, the bare earth appearing in many places in the city. The ice in the river is broken up down to …

      The new steam Tug, A.S. Page, made a trial trip yesterday afternoon, and her performance gave good satisfaction. She is the largest tug of the kind on Lake Ontario, and one that has long been needed, especially at this port. She is 100 feet in length, 19 feet breadth of …

      Marine Disasters For 1855 The Buffalo Express publishes in detail, making three and a half columns in that paper, the annual report of marine losses upon the western lakes for 1855. The report has been prepared with much labor and care by Capt. D.P. Dobbins, General Inspector for ...

      Accident - On Friday last a serious accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at Mr. L. Shickluna's saw mill in this place. A girl about 13 years of age, named Mary Craney, while gathering chips, got her dress entangled with an upright shaft in rapid motion, and before assistance …

      Coroner's Inquest - Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by Dr. Raymond on the body of a man named Stephen Cavanagh, a shipwright by trade, and formerly in the employ of Mr. Shickluna, which was found drowned in the canal. Deceased had been missing from the time Mr. Chrysler's broom …

      The Steamer Welland - The owners of this trim craft have spared no expense in rendering her seas, or rather lake-worthy. - Mr. Shickluna has given her a thorough overhauling, and she is now in such a state of forwardness as will enable her, on the opening of navigation, to …