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      Messrs. Wilcox, Gillmore and Copely laid the keel of a new vessel at Chaumont, Monday, which will be first class, full canal size. The new schooner will be ready for sea about the first of August and will be commanded by the veteran and competent captain, J.E. Gillmore. ...

      Narrow Escape - Boiler Explosion. - This morning about seven o-clock, while the tug Maria Melvin was lying alongside of Page's lumber dock, in the lower harbor, and while the crew were eating their breakfast, the flue sheet of the boiler cracked, opening a seam of about twenty inches ...

      A Vessel Captain Drowned. - This morning about seven o'clock Capt. John Gillan, of the schooner Converse, was drowned in the lake about one mile off from Little Sodus piers. The vessel left Sodus for this port a short time before the accident, with the wind from the south, and …

      The New Schooner W. B. Phelps. - The new schooner built at Sackets Harbor, by B. Eveleigh, for Mr. John Dunn, of this city, and named the W. B. Phelps, arrived in port this morning, and has been visited during the day by hundreds who have looked her over, criticized …

      Got Through Steamboating. - Two of our citizens who are interested in marine matters went up to Sodus yesterday on the tug J.S. Spinney to help get their vessels loaded, and met with a series of adventures that disgusted them with steam crafts. When about a mile and a half …

      Along The Docks. - A new schooner, the Reuben Doud, of Milwaukee, arrived in port this morning from Kingston on her maiden trip. The Doud was built in the interior of Wisconsin, on a small stream back of Oshkosh, where oak is plenty. She was commenced over a year ago, …

      A Rare Sight. - Capt. Estes, a gentleman well known for many years in command of the Lake Ontario steamers, informs us that he was the witness a few nights since of a wonderful phenomenon on Lake Ontario, the like of which he never saw before, and does not expect …

      Along the Docks. - A strange looking steam craft, the Smith M. Weed, made her appearance in our harbor yesterday. She was formerly the Charles Magee, and plied on Seneca Lake. She goes hence to Lake Champlain, having been purchased by the large lumber firm of Burleigh & Marshall, ...

      Boarding Vessels For Trade - How Runners are Treated by Saucy Stewards. _____ In all seaport towns the arrival of a strange vessel is hailed with joy by ship chandlers and butchers, and the scramble of rival runners is laughable if not profitable. The badinage between the ...

      Vessel Sunk Off Little Sodus We learn by private despatch that the schooner Etta Belle, coal laden, from Fair Haven to Toronto, sunk last night when about eight miles off from Little Sodus. The crew was saved, but how the despatch does not state. The lake was calm last ...

      Another New Vessel. The new schooner Hartford, a valuable addition to our lake marine, arrived in port Tuesday, from Kingston, on her maiden trip, and has been visited by those interested in nautical matters. The new vessel was built at Gibraltar, Mich., by Lynn & Craig, and ...

      Delayed Vessel. There has been considerable anxiety for several days past about vessels, which left Chicago a week ago last Saturday and at the present writing are not reported as having passed Detroit. Among the delayed vessels is the schooner Gilbert Mollison, Captain Joel A. ...

      Along the Docks. The yacht Cora, which left yesterday afternoon, worked handsomely against a head breeze, standing up into the wind's teeth. In three short stretches she was out of sight. She will trouble our Toronto neighbors next year. The new schooner North Star, built ...

      Another Launch. There was quite an assemblage of ladies and gentlemen on the lake shore, near the foot of West Tenth street, yesterday afternoon, to witness the launch of he rebuilt steam barge Ellsworth. Shortly after three o'clock the shore line was cut, but the craft refused to ...

      Vessel Dismasted The schooner Two Brothers, of Port hope, Captain Chisholm, coal laden from this port to Port Hope, arrived here this morning in two of the tug Wheeler, in a disabled condition. Last evening about six o'clock, when ten miles distant from Oswego, sailing with a good ...

      The Mollison ______ The Yawl Washed Ashore on Lake Michigan. _______ Messrs. E. & O. Mitchell, of this city, received the following despatch this morning from R.P. Fitzgerald of Milwaukee: "The yawl boat of the schooner Mollison washed ashore at Good Harbor, on ...

      Delayed Vessel. There has been considerable anxiety for several days past about vessels, which left Chicago a week ago last Saturday and at the present writing are not reported as having passed Detroit. Among the delayed vessels is the schooner Gilbert Mollison, Captain Joel A. ...

      Another New Vessel Another new vessel, adding one more to Oswego's fleet, arrive in port Saturday night, on her maiden trip, with a cargo of wheat from Milwaukee, and since that time has been scanned with a critical eye by our ship builders, seamen and longshoremen. The ...

      A New Vessel In Port. - The new schooner Itasca arrived in port yesterday from Kingston, where she discharged her cargo, and attracted much attention of sea faring men. The Itasca is a three master, as are nearly all new vessels, is staunch and well built and has great carrying …

      The Missing Vessel. At this writing there is no intelligence as to the whereabouts of the schooner "Gilbert Mollison," and in the minds of many there is a growing uneasiness that more than the loss of canvass or spars has happened to the vessel. There have been instances where ...