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      CAPE VINCENT HARBOR OF REFUGE. Buffalo, N. Y., May 26. - The Donnelly Construction company has just reached Cape Vincent with a tug, dredge and outfit for the work of providing a harbor of refuge at the head of the St. Lawrence. The plan is to dredge a line for …

      TOOK FOUR WEEKS ________ SCHOONER ABBIE'S RUN FROM LUDINGTON TO HOLLAND ________ ONE SAILOR LOST OVERBOARD AND DROWNED ________ Holland, November 25. - The schooner Abbie arrived here to-day having been four weeks making the trip from Ludington. During ...

      PORT MAITLAND Work is being rapidly pushed on the new tug and it will be ready in time to start fishing as soon as the ice breaks up. Two mechanics are at work putting the machinery in order and she will be ready for operations in ...

      *Then the president of the Lake Carriers' Association

      Port Dalhousie The steam barge D.R. Van Allen has gone on the dry dock, where she will receive a general overhauling. This boat was built in

    Port Dalhousie The steam barge D.R. Van Allen has gone on the dry dock, where she will receive a general overhauling. This boat was built in

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      SCHOONER T. R. MERRITT A TOTAL LOSS. Oswego, Sept. 12. -- The life-saving crew has just returned from the schooner ashore nine miles west of Oswego, having found that it was the Canadian schooner T. R. MERRITT. The MERRITT was bound from Hamilton to Oswego when struck ...

      *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

      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.