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      101x16x8 Owned by several forwarding partnerships. Built by W. Parkin, Brockville Ont. and launched 04/10/38. Rebuilt 1842 adding passenger accommodation. Rideau Canal and Ottawa River passage boat, later usually towboat. Damaged by ice Smiths Falls 21/11/42, sank. Boiler explosion 10/05/46 between Ottawa and Grenville, 1 killed. Last newspaper reference 1855.

      130x20x7 Owned by J. Lockhart 1838; to H. Richardson, Toronto 1839; to Reid, Corby & Harrison, Belleville 1846; to R. Jones 1850. Built by Niagara Harbour & Dock Co. and launched 03/04/38. Engines (2) 28x72 by builder. Used on Lake Ontario. Ultimate fate questionable. ; Final Location: Lake Erie?, Wrecked

      Other Names: Perth (1847); Hercules; First Rebuild: Propulsion: Sidewheel Dimensions: 104 x 17 -- -143 tons Rebuilt: in 1847 103x24x8 Owned by Ottawa & Rideau Forwarding Co.; to Macpherson & Crane, Montreal 1844; to Robertson Jones & Co 1853; to J.J. Jones & D.C. Thompson 1858; to T. Donohue, Ottawa …

      107x14x7 Owned by J. Whitney, Saint John N. B. Built by C. Specht, St. Mary's Bay (Digby) N. S. 1838, engined at Saint John. Used on Saint John River. Collided with competing "Fredericton" while racing 1840, 1 killed. Rammed and sunk by "New Brunswick" 03/11/42 Fredericton, repaired.

     

      Suspension of the laws requiring seamen to pay a portion of their wages towards a marine hospital fund

      During the high wind last evening, the schr. Lady of the Lake , Capt. Sheppard, of Vermillion, Ohio, went ashore just below the mouth of our harbor, and has since gone to pieces. She had a partial cargo of wheat and flour, of which the flour alone was saved. Capt. …

      Since our first number was issued we have been in a state of excitement never before equaled in consequence of the threatening attitude assumed by the rebel blood-hounds and their associates, the loafers of Detroit. Ever since the dispersion of McKenzie and his brave, ...

      Since our first number was issued we have been in a state of excitement never before equaled in consequence of the threatening attitude assumed by the rebel blood-hounds and their associates, the loafers of Detroit. Ever since the dispersion of McKenzie and his brave, ...

      The Steam Boat CYNTHIA Burnt. -- On Saturday last the Steam Boat CYNTHIA, commanded by Capt. J. H. Hodson, when two miles this side of Amherstburgh, on her way to sandwich, was discovered to be on fire. So rapidly did the flames spread over the upper works, that it was …

      The hermaphrodite schooner ' BROCK,' lost two of her guns during a little squall on Lake Huron, a short time ago, which, it appears, were not secured against such an emergency, doubtless, owing to the supposition by the salt water gentleman who commands the vessel, ...

      Yesterday morning the schr. BROCK brought up from Amherstburgh, and landed at our wharf, the long nine-pounder, which was taken with the schooner ' ANN of Detroit,' two smaller guns, 200 stand of musket and accoutrements, and 20,000 rounds of ball cartridge. The ...

      Steam Boat Racing. - An accident occurred on board the Sir Robert Peel on her passage from this port to that of Oswego on Wednesday last, in consequence of the temerity, or we may say the wickedness of running that vessel against the Great Britain. When the two vessels were …

      We, the undersigned, Officers of the H. M. S. Inconstant, having been on board the Sir Robert Peel on the 16th inst. when she unfortunately caught fire, and having seen in the papers a statement which was both incorrect and unjust, and if which left uncontradicted would tend to injure …

      For the Chronicle and Gazette, THE GREAT BRITAIN AND SIR R. PEEL. Mr. Editor, On Wednesday the 16th instant, the Sir Robert Peel arrived from Prescott fully prepared for a trial of speed with the Britain; the Peel ...

      The arrivals and departures published in the Oswego County Whig at the time show that the Great Britain, (Whitney, master); Sir Robert Peel (Armstrong, master) and William IV (Jones, master) made regular stops at Oswego in 1838.

      Chart of Lake Ontario. - The following communication is upon a very important subject to that part of the community which navigate our lake, or do business upon its waters. The chart here alluded to, by every one who has examined it, is spoken of in the highest terms, and …

      FROM THE FRONTIER (Correspondence of the Albany Argus ) Watertown, June 13, 1838 Dear Sir -- We have nothing of importance in regard to the affairs of the frontier, save the fact just communicated to me, that this morning , ...

      [From the Watertown Jeffersonian] Shipwreck. - The lives of but few persons furnish incidents as appalling as that given below. The account may be in some of the particulars incorrect, as it was penned in a hurried manner, from the lips of one of the sufferers. ...

      To. Capt. Smith, Steamer Oneida: We the undersigned, Cabin passengers on board the Sir Robert Peel, Steamer, which was destroyed this morning by a band of Pirates (calling themselves Patriots) at Well's Island, within seven miles of French Creek, avail ourselves of the earliest ...