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      Insets of Rogers and Calcite, Alpena and Tawas Harbor

      The City of Chicago was completely gutted, but Graham & Morton rebuilt her and renamed her the City of St. Joseph

      LOST LIFE WHEN THE DREDGE SANK William Burt, of Port Dalhousie Perished List of Survivors of Delver Fatality From Our Own Correspondent St. Catharines, June 16 - It is now definitely known that only one man, William Burt, of Port Dalhousie, ...

      See Historical Collections of the Great Lakes for a nice photo of her in Gilchrist livery

      The DONNER still exists as a crane barge and I believe is still based in the Menominee R. There are several photos of her on Boatnerd

      BAKER COMES OFF SAWTOOTH REEF _______ Speedy Recovery of Ship From Perilous Spot Receives Commendation. With the aid of air compressors, Captain Alex Cunning and the wrecker Favorite, of the Great Lakes Towing company, were successful in floating the steel steamer ...

      CAPTAIN JOSEPH KING VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA _______ Veteran Bay City Lake Pilot Dies Suddenly at Duluth, After Leaving His Boat. Special to the Free Press Bay City, Mich., May 10. - Word was received here today of the sudden death of Capt. Joseph King, of this city, ...

      BLOCKS WAY TO TOLEDO. _______ Steamer Peavey Caught on Drawbridge; Delays Owana Again Steamer Owana, of the White Star line fleet, missed her second trip Sunday at Toledo for Detroit, as the result of the blocking of the channel at the Pennsylvania Railroad drawbridge ...

      The FREMONT referred to is probably US#93033, built as the riverine paddle steamer MAY GRAHAM at St. Joseph, Mich., in 1900, renamed BELLE in 1901 and FREMONT in 1906. She was 90 tons and 112 feet keel, with a depth of only 5 feet. With her shallow depth and paddle …

      MARINE NOTES Steamer City of Alpena II, of the D. & C., will arrive at Detroit Thursday on her first return trip from St. Ignace. She will go on to Toledo, returning in time to leave Detroit at 9:30 a.m. Friday on her second trip over the upshore route. Bridal …

      Alpena is On and Off Special to the Free Press Alpena, Mich., April 20. - Steamer Alpena, of the Wyandotte Transportation company, ran aground in the channel near the Huron Portland Cement company's plant today and the tugs Dreadnaught and Ralph had to go to her assistance. ...

      Ashtabula Launching is Delayed Special to the Free Press Ashtabula, O., April 30. - The new steamer W. H. Donner, building at the Great Lakes Engineering Works here, is to be launched at 1:30 p. m. May 7, instead of May 2, as originally announced. ...

      Ex-U.S. bulker MASSACHUSETTS (US#91416). See Historical Collections of the Great Lakes for information and photo.

      *American steel bulker US#204815, 6,035 g.t. Later G.N. WILSON, CONSUMER'S POWER, HARRY YATES and EDMUND P. SMITH. Scrapped in 1963. ** apoplexy = stroke For more on Capt. Forrest's career and his nautical family, see http://www.hhpl.on.ca/GreatLakes/Documents/HGL2/default.asp?ID=s397

      WALDO IS BROUGHT TO PORTAGE LAKE _______ Captain Cunning and Wrecker Favorite Recover Victim of November Gale With more favorable weather conditions than they encountered last winter, the wrecker Favorite and Capt. Alex Cunning, wrecking master for the Great Lakes ...

      BARLUM'S CHEF IS DEAD _______ Clarence Smith, of Amherstburg, Was Well Known on the Lakes. Clarence Smith, 55 years old, of Amherstburg, Ont., well known as a chef on lake freighters, died Monday in the United States marine hospital, Buffalo. He had been in ill health ...

      BODY RECALLS GREAT GALE _______ Corpse of Third Man Lost Off Nottingham is Found Special to the Free Press Sault Ste Marie, Mich., May 4. - A body of a sailor, supposed to be that of Joseph W. Smith, was found on the beach near Michipicoten mission by Indians. The …

      MARINE NOTES President William Livingstone, of the Lake Carriers' Association, was in Chicago Monday. C. L. Perkins, general agent in Buffalo for the D. &. C., is in Detroit for a conference with officers of the company. Thomas Roach has been made foreman of the D. ...

      BIG DREDGES GO TO ST. LAWRENCE _______ Two of Ladder Type, Largest Built in Canada, Come From Collongwood [sic] Yard _______ AROUSE INTEREST ALONG DETROIT'S RIVER FRONT _______ Powerful Vessels Will Help in Deepening Ship Canal Below ...

      DIVER IDENTIFIES LOST LIGHTSHIP _______ Will Search Thursday for Bodies of Crew, Including Two Michigan Men. Special to the Free Press Buffalo, N.Y., May 13. - David Beaudry, diver from Detroit, in two descents today from the United States lake survey steamer ...