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      Detroit Harbor . Capt. P.H. Pedersen is giving the schooner Iris new rails, stanchions, bulwarks, covering boards, knight beads and the two upper streaks all the way around.

      Detroit Harbor . The tugs L.P. Hill and Liberty tooted their whistles for the first time this season on the 4th inst. They are all ready and will fish with set hooks for a while.

      Along the Docks . The fishing tugs operating off Kewaunee are said to be doing a good business. The tug Welcome operating in the vicinity of the Door is making pretty good lifts.

      Our Inland Marine . Nothing remains of the piers at Clay Banks, Horn's Pier and Foscoro except a few piles here and there, but these will likely disappear in time. The superstructure has long since yielded to the force of wind and sea. ...

      Our Inland Marine . Capt. Clow is sole owner of the tug Agnes Arnold, having just purchased Major Schofield's interest in the craft. It is not unlikely that the Arnold will engage in towing stone scows again during the coming season. ...

      LAKE DISASTERS OF 1895 A list of the total losses of lake craft of the various classes, valued at about $1,300,000 are as follows:

    LAKE DISASTERS OF 1895 A list of the total losses of lake craft of the various classes, valued at about $1,300,000 are as follows:

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The old steamer Fountain City was partially burned late Tuesday night, while moored at the coal dock at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. The steamer was being repaired and put in condition for service. The loss will amount to about $6,000. She is owned by John Leatham, of Sturgeon Bay, and B. …

      Though not exactly a shining example of professional journalism, this article from way back when a million dollars was real money lists some of the prominent men in the Lake Carriers' Association of 1896. All of the big shooters mentioned came up through the ranks and "paid their dues," so …

      RELIC OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE It is probably not generally known, but lying in the water of Spring Lake, near Ferrysburg (Mich.) is the lower portion of the hull of the sloop Porcupine, one of the nine vessels that Com. Perry commanded in the memorable battle on Lake …

      Capt. Davidson was called upon often by the press in the 1890's, as he was usually willing to give a surprising quote or a controversial prediction, and he tended to go against the grain of the way things were done in the shipping and shipbuilding communities. For example, he insisted …

      p.1 The schr. Dunn, timber laden from Toronto, arrived at Garden Island last night. Sporting Intelligence - The charter for the Kingston yacht club association, limited, arrived this morning. Notices were sent out this morning calling a general meeting of the shareholders ...

      p.1 A Narrow Escape - J. Hackett, carter, had a narrow escape from death on Saturday last. He had the contract to unload a cargo of coal from a vessel lying at Crawford's wharf, and was standing on deck superintending the operation, when the pulley rope, used to hoist the …

      p.1 MARINE INTELLIGENCE. The str. Prefontaine will load peas at Bay of Quinte ports for James Richardson & Sons and convey them to Montreal. Arrivals: schr. Nellie Hunter, Oswego, 300 tons coal for Crawford; schr. Bullock, 300 tons of coal for ...

      p.1 MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals: tug Thomson, with five barges, light, from Montreal; schr. Ballou, Clayton, light. Departures: schrs. Loretta Rooney, Nellie Hunter, Queen of the Lakes, Oswego to load coal for this port. The str. Persia, ...

      p.1 MONTREAL AND ROCHESTER TRANSIT COMPANY. STR. ALEXANDRIA. Electric Lighted, Steam Heated. Leaves Craig & Co.'s Wharf Mondays at 8 o'clock p.m. for Montreal and way ports, shooting St. Lawrence Rapids, ...

      p.1 Henry Cunningham will launch his new yacht Chickadee on Saturday, 20th inst. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. The schr. Annie Falconer cleared last night for Oswego to load coal for Swift & Co. The schrs. Acacia and Fleetwing arrived at Swift's ...

      p.1 Incidents of the Day - The Canadian Engineer contains a professional illustrated description of Kingston government dry-dock, as well as of Davis & Son's boat building establishment. TO BUILD A NEW BOAT. The str. Glengarry and consort will ...

      p.1 MARINE INTELLIGENCE. The str. Middlesex, from Chicago, is bound down with corn for the M.T. Company. The Calvin company is removing the wreck of the old str. Calvin and removing it to Garden Island. The str. Glengarry, with consort ...

      p.1 MARINE INTELLIGENCE. The str. Denver cleared this morning for Oswego to load coal for an upper lake port. The steamer Michigan lightered 7,000 bushels of wheat at the M.T. Co.'s wharf and passed down for Montreal. The steamers ...

      p.1 MARINE INTELLIGENCE. The str. Bannockburn and consorts passd Windsor last evening at six o'clock, last night. The str. Persia, from Toronto, called at Craig & Co.'s wharf, this morning, with a full list of passengers. Arrivals: str. ...