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      THE NEW RULE CONCERNING LIFE BOATS The supervising inspectors of steamboats have amended rule 13 relating to life boats, and it has been approved by the secretary of the treasury and ordered to take immediate effect. It provides that steam ferry boats of 50 tons burden and above ...

      NIAGARA FALLS DRY _______ A Very Remarkable Incident Thirty-two Years Ago Bishop Fuller to the Chicago Tribune. On the 31st of March, 1848, the falls of Niagara were virtually dry for an entire day. A Mr. Street, Bishop Fuller's brother-in-law, had a grist mill on ...

      LOSS OF THE TUG LAMONT ON LAKE MICHIGAN _______ The Craft Founders and All on Board are Lost _______ Pentwater, March 15. - The principal facts relative to the loss of the tug Lamont remain as first stated, , but are modified somewhat by fuller details. It is now ...

      It was 50 years before the Detroit River was spanned, and then by an utomobile bridge. The 1,900 ft main span Ambassador Bridge (suspension) was not completed until 1929 and the 5200 ft Detroit-Windsor tunnel did not open until 1930. Click the following URL for glimpses of the bridge and …

      The schooner Cossack, which cleared yesterday, took up 200 tons of machinery for the new lock at the Sault. It was shipped by the Detroit Locomotive Works. Capt. Henry Hackett of Amherstburg has gone to Winnipeg to superintend the construction of a government lightship, to be used on ...

      *epizootic - an epidemic among animals

      Ten boiler makers from the Detroit Locomotive works and ten stone cutters left on the City of Cleveland Tuesday night to work on the Stannard Rock lighthouse pier.

      ASHORE WITH A CARGO OF NITRO GLYCERINE Erie, Pa., November 12. - The schooner G. W. Mowbray from Montreal loaded with 40 tons of nitro glycerine for Fort Williams, Lake Superior, ran in here out of the storm, and early this morning had her anchor carried away and drifted on …

      This story of the loss of the Pte aux Barques (Lake Huron) lifesaving crew has been published many times before, but another retelling would not be too many. Capt. Jerome Kiah received a gold lifesaving medal for his efforts in attempting to save his crew. The event, the man and …

      *spelled J. H. MAGRUDER, US#13745.

      RUBY was actually converted from the 135 t. sidewheeler to a 106 t. three-mast schooner and lived out her usefulness in the lumber trade until abandoned about 1894.

      *Sand Beach is now Harbor Beach, Michigan **The prop H. LUELLA WORTHINGTON (US#95603) was a brand-new freighter of 149 ft. and 375 gt. The W. R. HANNA (US#26669) was a 23-year-old two-mast scow-schooner of 103 gt and 86 ft.

      It is now known that the human eye responds differently to the spectrum of colored pigment (i.e. reflected color, as in the yarn) than it does to that of colored light; thus the earlier test was probably not very appropriate to test color-blindness as it affected the job of pilots. …

      THE NITRO-GLYCERINE SCHOONER Erie, Pa., November 15. - The anxiety of the people of Erie on account of the schooner Mobray [sic], loaded with 40 tons of nitro-glycerine, being aground in the harbor, has been dispelled by the removal of the cargo to a scow which is anchored about ...

      The owners of a tug at this port say they were offered $1,000 to tow the schooner Mowbray, which has caused such a sensation at Erie, through the Sault canal a short time ago. They did not know she was loaded with nitro-glycerine.

      AROUND THE LAKES BURNING OF THE RUBY Chicago, May 17. - The excursion steamer Ruby, owned in Detroit, was burned to the water's edge at 2 o'clock this morning, while lying at the north pier. The flames made a beautiful sight viewed from the city, but did not last over …

      AROUND THE LAKES THE RUBY Chicago, May 18. - The principal topic of conversation along the dock yesterday was the burning of the steamer Ruby in the lighthouse slip Sunday night. The steamer had occupied moorings near Clark street bridge since last fall, and was towed into ...

      The Saginaw arrived yesterday afternoon with her flags at half mast, having on board the bodies of Walter Petherbridge and James Mantau, the unfortunate surfmen who perished Thursday with four of their comrades of the Pointe aux Barques life-saving crew. The remains were taken to Walkerville for ...

      Too Early Navigation The attempt of the Schooner Ontario to reach Oswego March 15 From the Toronto Globe. It has already been mentioned that the schooner Ontario was chartered with a cargo of malt from this port for Oswego. The sailing was unprecedentedly early, and it was ...