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      This incident came hard on the heels of the loss of the Canadian passenger steamer ASIA in Georgian Bay on September 14, and the resultant accusations that the ASIA had been overloaded and unseaworthy. This is the first 19th century incident I've heard of where the vessel was actually disabled …

      The captain of the schooner Guiding Star is very careful as to the comforts of his officers and crew. On Saturday he had a new cabinet organ placed in the cabin for the use of the cook. He also took on board stuffed chairs and spring beds for the sailors. …

      The large number of vessel captains recently fined at Cleveland for not having the official numbers and tonnage of their vessels engraved on the main beams, or as it is expressed by some, on the beam forward of the main hatch on the main deck, has given rise to a …

      For more on the DOWS, the lakes' only five-mast schooner see http://home.xnet.com/~acpinc/dows.html.

      The schooner C. G. Trumpff drifted against the Pacific elevator on Friday at Chicago, and ran her jibboom through the siding of the building, making a hole through which about 2,000 bushels of corn fell in the river.

      OPERATING THE ST. MARY'S FALLS CANAL, MICHIGAN The expense of operating the old canal during the 22 days the government has had charge has been $1,308.51. The receipts from dockage and rent of superintendent's residence has been $26.22. During the time 488 vessels have passed ...

      THE LELAND-PORTCH COLLISION A petition was filed in the United States district court three months ago, by the Elk Rapids Iron Company, owner of the steam barge Leland, to limit the liability [for] schooner E. M. Portch, growing out of a collision with the Leland in which the latter ...

      *i.e. chock - a chock is a curved guide made out of heavy wood or metal which serves to keep a line which may feed in at a variable angle running in a fixed direction. This sturdy vessel later became the famous Reid wrecker and crane ship MANISTIQUE , a …

      During the period of this article the marine reporters of the Detroit Post and Tribune and the Detroit Free Press were having a lively time sniping back and forth, each gleefully pointing out any error committed by the other. The Post and Tribune referred to its rival by the name …

      It is now known that the human eye responds differently to the spectrum of colored pigment (i.e. reflected color, as in the yarn) than it does to that of colored light; thus the earlier test was probably not very appropriate to test color-blindness as it affected the job of pilots. …

      THE NITRO-GLYCERINE SCHOONER Erie, Pa., November 15. - The anxiety of the people of Erie on account of the schooner Mobray [sic], loaded with 40 tons of nitro-glycerine, being aground in the harbor, has been dispelled by the removal of the cargo to a scow which is anchored about ...

      The owners of a tug at this port say they were offered $1,000 to tow the schooner Mowbray, which has caused such a sensation at Erie, through the Sault canal a short time ago. They did not know she was loaded with nitro-glycerine.

      This would have been Garden Island, opposite Kingston, Ontario

      THE PRINDIVILLE William Livingstone, Jr. has succeeded, after nearly eight weeks, in releasing the tug Prindiville from the position she had occupied at Presque Isle [Lake Huron] for about five years. The Prindiville is now at Port Huron, where she arrived yesterday morning. The ...

      The lifesaving stations at Chicago, Sheboygan, Ludington and Manistee are about to be furnished with Ramsay's patent two-brake, five inch cylinder force pumps, each of which will be furnished with 20 feet of suction pipe and 50 feet of improved hose. The pumps are to be used in cases of …

      CUSTOMS REPORT. - The following are the abstracts relating to this customs district, as contained in the report of the collector of customs recently sent to the Treasury Department for the quarter ending March 31, 1878. Class No. of ...

      The wrecking schooner H. W. Johnson is to take on board a patent wrecking elevator. It is stated that the apparatus will hoist 500 tons of coal in 12 hours.

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      AROUND THE LAKES BURNING OF THE RUBY Chicago, May 17. - The excursion steamer Ruby, owned in Detroit, was burned to the water's edge at 2 o'clock this morning, while lying at the north pier. The flames made a beautiful sight viewed from the city, but did not last over …

      AROUND THE LAKES THE RUBY Chicago, May 18. - The principal topic of conversation along the dock yesterday was the burning of the steamer Ruby in the lighthouse slip Sunday night. The steamer had occupied moorings near Clark street bridge since last fall, and was towed into ...