CLARK'S DRY DOCK. - At Clark's dry dock and ship-yard a very large amount of work has been done during the winter and spring, and the greatest activity now prevails the various vessels ready for service. Since last fall the large bark
CLARK'S DRY DOCK. - At Clark's dry dock and ship-yard a very large amount of work has been done during the winter and spring, and the greatest activity now prevails …
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 2 Jun, 1872 The DISPATCH lost her way and went ashore in smoke from the great Peshtigo Forest Fire of October, 1871, with five lumber barges in tow. She was built in Ste. Antoine de Tilly, Quebec, in 1856, but had come into U.S. registry by 1866. The engine and boiler of the …
The DISPATCH lost her way and went ashore in smoke from the great Peshtigo Forest Fire of October, 1871, with five lumber barges in tow. She was built in Ste. …
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 18 May, 1872 WRECKING PONTOONS. - John Oades , at his shipyard in this city, has nearly completed two barge pontoons for the Coast Wrecking Company , capable of raising a weight of eight hundred ...
WRECKING PONTOONS. - John Oades , at his shipyard in this city, has nearly completed two barge pontoons for the Coast Wrecking Company , capable of raising a weight of …
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The Propeller Buffalo Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 6 Nov 1861, p. 4 THE PROPELLER BUFFALO.--The propeller Buffalo, of which we have had occasion to notice during the past week as being aground at the head of Fighting Island in the river below, has been finally liberated.The services of steam tugs proving of little or no avail the marine boxes of the Messrs. …
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 6 Nov 1861, p. 4 THE PROPELLER BUFFALO.--The propeller Buffalo, of which we have had occasion to notice during the past week as being aground at the head of Fighting Island in the river below, …
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 24 May 1905 NO POOLS SOLD YET ON BADGER STATE ______ The floating pool room, BADGER STATE, was not opened for business yesterday and the promoters say that it will not be, because a permit is necessary to lay a cable for telegraphic service. They have spent several thousand dollars in ...
NO POOLS SOLD YET ON BADGER STATE ______ The floating pool room, BADGER STATE, was not opened for business yesterday and the promoters say that it will not be, because …
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 1 June 1905 SAND SUCKER WAS RUN DOWN _______ BURROUGHS CRUSHED IN THE ST. CLAIR RIVER. _______ NOW IN DEEP WATER AT GUS TRAUTZ'S DOCK. _______ NERVE OF MRS. ALLEN, OF DETROIT, CAPTAIN'S WIFE. _______ The steam sand sucker GEORGE T. BURROUGHS, owned ...
SAND SUCKER WAS RUN DOWN _______ BURROUGHS CRUSHED IN THE ST. CLAIR RIVER. _______ NOW IN DEEP WATER AT GUS TRAUTZ'S DOCK. _______ NERVE OF MRS. ALLEN, OF DETROIT, CAPTAIN'S …
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), Thur., Nov. 22, 1900 * PUEBLO was on a mud flat 1/3 of a mile from the channel.
* PUEBLO was on a mud flat 1/3 of a mile from the channel.
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 3 Jun 1905 WILL EXAMINE WRECK C. W. Cadwell, owner of the sandsucker BURROUGHS, sunk in collision at the St. Clair Flats, will go up the river this morning, accompanied by Capt. John S. Quinn and Diver Tebo, to make examination of the wreck to see if the machinery can be saved. ...
WILL EXAMINE WRECK C. W. Cadwell, owner of the sandsucker BURROUGHS, sunk in collision at the St. Clair Flats, will go up the river this morning, accompanied by Capt. John …
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), October 27, 1870 A new iron steamer called the Corsican, intended to take the place of the ill-fated Grecian, of the Canadian Transportation Company's line, was launched from the yard of Mr. Cantin, at Montreal, last week. Her hull was made at Glasgow and brought out to this country last spring. She is …
A new iron steamer called the Corsican, intended to take the place of the ill-fated Grecian, of the Canadian Transportation Company's line, was launched from the yard of Mr. Cantin, …
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Wreck of Sunken Miztec Disappears Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 17 Jun 1921 Other accounts said the wreck was in 36 feet of water.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 17 Jun 1921 Other accounts said the wreck was in 36 feet of water.
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Lost at Sea Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 19 Oct 1871, p. 1 LOST AT SEA _______ The Propeller R. G. Coburn Foundered in Lake Huron _______ Probable Loss of Thirty or Forty Lives _______ A Boat Containing Ten Persons Picked Up. _______ ...
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 19 Oct 1871, p. 1 LOST AT SEA _______ The Propeller R. G. Coburn Foundered in Lake Huron _______ Probable Loss of Thirty or Forty Lives _______ A Boat Containing Ten Persons Picked Up. _______ …
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The Coburn Disaster Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 20 Oct 1871, p. 1 THE COBURN DISASTER. _______ Cheering News of the Missing Boats. _______ BOTH OF THEM PICKED UP--EIGHTEEN MORE LIVES SAVED. _______ The Northern Transportation Company's propeller Brooklyn, arriving down yesterday, brought the gratifying intelligence ...
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 20 Oct 1871, p. 1 THE COBURN DISASTER. _______ Cheering News of the Missing Boats. _______ BOTH OF THEM PICKED UP--EIGHTEEN MORE LIVES SAVED. _______ The Northern Transportation Company's propeller Brooklyn, arriving down yesterday, brought …
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The Coburn Disaster Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 21 Oct 1871, p. 1, column 8 THE COBURN DISASTER _______ Latest News from the Survivors. _______ ONLY ONE BOAT PICKED UP, INSTEAD OF TWO _______ Captain Ever Ward yesterday morning received a telegram giving the names of those survivors who had reached Mackinac, and last evening ...
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 21 Oct 1871, p. 1, column 8 THE COBURN DISASTER _______ Latest News from the Survivors. _______ ONLY ONE BOAT PICKED UP, INSTEAD OF TWO _______ Captain Ever Ward yesterday morning received a telegram giving the names …
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The Coburn Disaster Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 22 Oct 1871, p. 1 The Coburn Disaster. A dispatch from Kincardine, Ontario, states that portions of the wreck and cargo of the R. G. Coburn have been coming ashore there for two days past, and that on Friday night a boat of the propeller was drifted upon the beach containing two dead bodies, one …
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 22 Oct 1871, p. 1 The Coburn Disaster. A dispatch from Kincardine, Ontario, states that portions of the wreck and cargo of the R. G. Coburn have been coming ashore there for two days past, …
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Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 28 Oct, 1880 The schooner GRANADA (US#10543), went down off Muskegon October 17, 1880, in the same storm that sank the passenger liner ALPENA. Steward Claason was one of four crewmen lost in the GRANADA sinking.
The schooner GRANADA (US#10543), went down off Muskegon October 17, 1880, in the same storm that sank the passenger liner ALPENA. Steward Claason was one of four crewmen lost in …
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