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 Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 23 Jun 1910     Capt. James F. Allen ____ Interesting Sketch of the Life of the Popular Steamboat Man - Commanded all the Folger Boats. ____ The Kingston Whig of June 23 contained the following concerning the late Capt. James F. Allen. Captain Allen was born ...

 Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 8 Apr 1915     The Sailing Schooner ____ Will Soon Be a Thing of the Past On the Great Lakes ____ The indications are that is only a matter of time, and a short time at that, when the sailing vessel will have disappeared completely from the Great Lakes. During the ...

      The day of the old wind jammers on the lake is past. There are now 28 schooners in commission on Lake Ontario, where formerly there were several hundred, and they are nearly all Canadian owned, though nearly all once had an American register. As the old schooners and sail crafts …

 Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 8 Aug 1929     Hinckley, Ashore at Stony Point, Is a Total Wreck According to advices from Henderson Harbor the steam barge Hinckley, which was beached by its owner, Capt. A. R. Hinckley, about ten days ago in Gravely Bay, between Henderson Harbor and Stony Point, is a total wreck, having been ...

 Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 20 Nov 1919     Ontario's Record For Lost Vessels _______ Many Ships Have Mysteriously Disappeared Beneath the Waters of This Lake _______ (Toronto Telegram) Did the "Homer Warren," wallowing the welter of sulky slumbering seas as she pushed her way homeward ...

 Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 12 May 1921     Boat Building at Chaumont ____ Captain Frank Phelps Has the Only Shipyard in This Section ____ About fifty years ago, according to a Chaumont correspondent, this section of Jefferson county could boast of three shipyards, one at Sackets Harbor, ...

 Cape Vincent Eagle (Cape Vincent, NY), 6 Mar 1941     Post Office Closed at Point Peninsula ____ After more than 102 years the hamlet of Point Peninsula, once a thriving shipbuilding center during the early schooner days of the Great Lakes and later an oil-field boom town, lost its post office on the first day of last ...

      The large fishing tug, built at the Phelps shipyard, Chaumont, for Claude W. Cole, of this village, was launched last Thursday afternoon. The craft, considered to be one of the sturdiest built at Chaumont in years, will soon be ready to place in commission.

      p.3 an article by Uncle Philander Jr.: "....What I am going to complain about is the fact that the siren failed to function last Saturday afternoon when the St. Louis, the hulk of the old pulp wood boat that has laid in the water in the eastern portion of the …

      Thomas C. Goble Thomas C. Goble, 78, widely known resident of the First ward, died early Wednesday morning in Utica , after an illness that started about five years ago, and became serious the ...

      Obituary. ___ Nicholas C. Goble. Nicholas C. Goble, son of the late George Goble , and for a number of years associated with him in vessel building, died yesterday ...

      Obituary. ____ George W. Goble George W. Goble died at two a.m. today in Los Angeles, Cal., following a stroke of paralysis suffered on October 21st. During the two weeks of illness Mr. Goble's family, including his wife and four ...

      Twelve Drowned in Lake Ontario - Schooner George A. Marsh Foundered Near Pigeon Island Yesterday Morning - Two Saved - Steambarge Ashore Kingston, Ont. , Aug. 9. - A thirty-five mile gale swept over Lake Ontario Tuesday night and out in this unusual August storm the coal laden ...

      Built as Kewaunee, US14065, Port Huron, Mich. , 1866 by J. P. Arnold, last name April, 1921 when purchased by Daryaw brothers of Kingston.)

      Only Two Lake Schooners Now Left on Lake Ontario _______ Davis and Merrill Last of Big Fleet That Operated Years Ago _______ Is the day of the sailing vessel past? The answer to the question is made quite clear by merely taking along the Kingston waterfront, ...

      Capt. Van Alstine Opened Station at Big Sandy In connection with the earthquake damage to the Big Sandy Coast Guard station, oswego residents recall that the late William Van Alstine of this city opened the station and was keeper there seven years. Mr. Van Alstine was a ...

      Fire Destroys Coast Guard's Big Sandy Unit ________ Station on Shore of Lake Ontario, Built in 1877, Leveled Oswego - Fire early Sunday (Nov. 3) destroyed the United States Coast Guard station at Big Sandy, 23 1/2 miles east of Oswego. No details as to the fire had ...

      Do You Remember By Jay Knox Although it is still wintry, as far as appearances indicate; there is just enough of the tang in the air to remind us all that Spring isn't far away. And with it will come the opening of navigation and while that may not mean …

      LAKE ONTARIO DID NOT CLAIM CAPTAIN SMITH ________ Death Discloses He Had Lived 10 Years in West After His Boat Foundered Near Pigeon Island ________ John S. Parsons* and other Oswegonians who have been following transportation on Lake Ontario for many years ...

      Record Cargo At Oswego Canal officials witnessed the docking Saturday night at the Oswego grain elevator of the largest lake steamship that ever came into Oswego harbor. The steamer William F. ...