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      LIES 105 FEET DEEP _______ BUT AN ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO RAISE THE OLD OCONTO _______ Kingston, July 24. - One of the most difficult wrecking jobs ever undertaken in deep water on the lakes will be the contract the Donnelly Wrecking & Salvage Co. has taken ...

      It is reported that an attempt will be made to secure the old schooner Porcupine, now in Spring lake, a relic of the Battle of lake Erie, for the Field Columbian museum of Chicago. The wreck is the property of Mr. Bulthouse, a mechanic, who says he will cut it …

      Jim Reid Moves to Port Huron Port Huron, August 15. - Capt. James Reid, the Bay City wrecker, will take up his residence in Port Huron and will station his tugs and wrecking outfit here. The captain is interested with Edmund Hall in the large sawmill which is being erected …

      Eight lives were lost when the FOSTER (US#125581) foundered off Presque Isle, Pa., December 9

      SCHOONER G. G. HOUGHTON ASHORE. The schooner GEORGE G. HOUGHTON, a Milwaukee built vessel of the old Welland Canal type now owned by William H. Marsh of Oswego, ran ashore Thursday night on the point at Cape Vincent. She had on board 24,000 bushels of corn from Toledo for ...

      Vessels Were in the Way Work on the damaged natural gas pipe from Canada to Detroit was being done yesterday. The trouble was caused by some vessel which dragged her anchor across the pipe in the course of the heavy blow last week. The Martha and Roumania were lying at …

      * Equivalent to about $440,000 2007 dollars.

      Work began on reducing the wreckage of the MARTIN the next day and soon after removal of the FONTANA, which had sunk in a collision in early August, began. The channel was not completely clear until early November. Remains of both wrecks are still at the site.

      The schooner Nordkyn, a seagoing vessel 50 feet in length and 23 tons gross measurement, has been enrolled at Duluth. She is owned by Capt. Redmeyer, who lives down on the north shore and who intends to take a trip to Norway in her. She was built in the woods …

      AS A "PERSUADER" _______ SCHOONER CAPTAIN FLOURISHED A REVOLVER TO MAKE HIS CREW WORK _______ THEY WERE "GREEN" AND SCURRIED BELOW WHEN A SQUALL HIT _______ Joseph Recor has laid a complaint against Capt. Edward Cummerford, of the schooner John Miner, ...

      A RELIC OF EARLY STRUGGLES A diver who is working on the Soo river bottom in removing boulders from the steamboat channel, discovered a cannon which is believed to have been one of three guns that were thrown from a scow, to prevent their capture by our friends, the Yankees, …

      MATOA ASHORE _______ CAPT. WESTCOTT SENT A TUG AND LIGHTER TO AID HER _______ Capt. J. W. Westcott reported to the Free Press yesterday that the steamer Matoa in rounding to about three miles below Courtwright, St. Clair river, about 10 o'clock Saturday night, ran ...

      NO WINTER LINE _______ MUSKEGON-CHICAGO BUSINESS DOES NOT WARRANT IT _______ Muskegon, Mich., November 25 - (Special.) - Local agent Ed S. Hogan, for the Barry line, has been informed that a winter line between his port and Chicago will not be maintained this ...

      THE GREAT 1873 BOOM _______ MORE BIG SCHOONERS BUILT THAT YEAR THAN ANY OTHER _______ The year 1873 was a memorable one to the lakes because of the launching of a large number of wooden schooners ranging in size from 400 to 900 tons, the Wells Burt and John M. …

      *DAVID DOWS - 5-mast schr built by Bailey Bros, Toledo, 1881. She was 265 ft., 1481 gt. Lost 11/25/1889 off Whiting, Ind, 10 mi SSE of Chicago. The larger lakes "schooners" mentioned were actually schooner-barges. An example: CHATTANOOGA, built 1898 by Jas. Davidson, W. Bay City, in 1898. 308x45x22, 2339 …

      *scuttled there in 1820 **1876 newspaper accounts say the hulk was displayed in a special building for the Fair, then cut into souvenirs afterwards. I've been unable to confirm this. http://www.brigniagara.org/ http://www.maritime.org/hnsa-niagara.htm http://www.nps.gov/pevi/HTML/Niagara.html

      Kingston, September 17. -- The schooner T. R. MERRITT which went ashore nine miles above Oswego, is a total wreck. She is owned by Mckay of Hamilton, and was valued at $5,000. There will be about $1,000 salvage.

      Of the two schooners stranded at and near Oswego, the ALBACORE is sure to be released. The hull of the T. R. MERRITT is punctured, the deck is badly sprung, indicating that the vessel's back may be broken. There is no insurance on either of the schooners.