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      The Storm of Wednesday. - Among the vessels which grounded while entering the harbor in the gale of Wednesday was the schooner Scotland with a cargo of wheat. She lay for a time exposed to the action of the waves, thumping on the bottom, so that ...

      Business On The Docks. - The harbor is crowded with Steamers, Propellers and Canal Boats. They come in from New York, Troy, and from Albany, by Canal, and from the Upper Lakes, and the Canadian ports, by lake, on the North and on the West. The docks are crowded with …

      The Horse Boat is almost ready to get up steam for Sodus Bay. Old sorrel is having an extra peck of oats, and his iron-gray yoke-fellow will have additional cat-feed prior to the first experimental trip. Would it not be well to have the inspector of boilers take a look …

      Evening Promenade On The Lake. - The Piers are used for the double purpose of pleasure and utility. They protect the harbor from the severity of storms, and they furnish a most refreshing and beautiful promenade during the sultry evenings of summer. it is only to be feared that they …

      Severe Gale. - A severe gale from the northwest began on Saturday evening and continued through Sunday, up to a late hour in the night. It was accompanied with alternate snow squalls, which at times gave everything a most dismal, wintry aspect. Quite a number of vessels came down the …

      Novel Craft for Lake Navigation . - Near the Marine railway, at the ship-yard, may be seen a new craft for lake navigation in progress. It is the hull of a large canal boat, covered with a projecting steam boat deck, in the sides of which wheels are to be …

      Melancholy Marine Disaster. The schooner Nekick, Capt. Sias, of about 40 tons burthen, cleared from this port on Friday the 9th instant for Cape Vincent, partially loaded with merchandize. She touched at Sackets Harbor and discharged part of her cargo on the same day, and ...

      From the Sackets Harbor Observer. Loss of the Schooner Neptune. The undersigned, master and seamen on board the schooner D.W. Church, make the following statement in regard to the loss of the schooner Neptune, Saturday, Oct. 5, ...

      Lumber Business of Oswego In this department of trade, as in the manufacture of flour, Oswego excels, it is believed, any other point on in the United States. During the season of 1849, over fifty three million feet of lumber were landed ...

      Oswego . - A correspondent of the Syracuse Journal writing from Oswego under date of the 17th inst., says: "It is five or six years since I lasted visited this place; yet there has been very ...

      New Steamer To Be Built. -- The petition of Mr. Weeks, to use the foot of Second street, to build a Steamer, was granted by the Common Council last week. Mr. W. is the accomplished builder of the Northerner, one of the finest steam ships on the lakes. he has …

      Severe Thunder Storm. - A brisk and brilliant April shower came off early yesterday morning. The wind was in the South and for successive hours the rain, at intervals, fell in profusion. The lightning was very vivid, but the thunder was truly sublime. The Propeller

    Severe Thunder Storm. - A brisk and brilliant April shower came off early yesterday morning. The wind was in the South and for successive hours the rain, at intervals, fell …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      Moving Vessels Over Land. - The Lake Superior Journal of the 15th thus de the movements of a Propeller. It says: The Propeller Manhattan is fairly underway on her land trip ...

      Salt from Turk's Island . - Yesterday there was an entire boat load of Turk's island salt unloading at Doolittle & Mollison 's dock, to be shipped for

    Salt from Turk's Island . - Yesterday there was an entire boat load of Turk's island salt unloading at Doolittle & Mollison 's dock, to be shipped for

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      The Gale of Saturday, on Lake Ontario , was the severest of the season, to the violence of which, a large number of vessels were exposed. We have heard of no serious disaster except the melancholy loss of the schooner

    The Gale of Saturday, on Lake Ontario , was the severest of the season, to the violence of which, a large number of vessels were exposed. We have heard of …

Maritime History of the Great Lakes

      From the Detroit Tribune . Horrible Sufferings - Starvation - Man eating his hand - Shipwreck on Lake Michigan We are indebted to Capt.     From the Detroit Tribune . Horrible Sufferings - Starvation - Man eating his hand - Shipwreck on Lake Michigan We are indebted to Capt. Maritime History of the Great Lakes

 Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 21 Jun 1850     Safety on the Lakes. - The number and fearful character of the accidents on Lake Erie this year, is beyond measure dreadful. It is astounding to think about, especially when the public see in the very midst of these disasters, the large lake boats from Buffalo racing with each other, …

 Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 23 Apr 1850     Severe Thunder Storm - A brisk and brilliant April shower came off early yesterday morning. The wind was in the South and for successive hours the rain, at intervals, fell in profusion. The lightning was very vivid, but the thunder was truly sublime. The Propeller St. Lawrence was struck ...

      Cold, raw winds have been blowing from the lake for some days. A storm is probably in preparation. Some vessels which arrived a day or two since, were covered with frozen spray- The piers are ladened with huge heaps of ice, produced by the surf freezing as it swept over …

 Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 29 Apr 1850     What is Doing on the East Side? East Oswego, or Oswego on the East side of the river is dignified sometimes by the name of Scriba.- Well, Scriba, or such portions of it as lie immediately over the bridge, is altogether the most cheerful, lively place to be found in …