- Sailing Ship Goes Aground
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 27 Sep 1921, p. 3 Other sources have her sinking on the Julia Bay side of the island.
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 27 Sep 1921, p. 3 Other sources have her sinking on the Julia Bay side of the island.
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- First Lumber Boat Arrives
Evening News (North Tonawanda, NY), 5 May 1913, p. 1, column 4 FIRST LUMBER BOAT ARRIVES _______ Steamer Edward Buckley Has Aboard 600,000 Feet of Hemlock. _______ IRON CITY GOES DOWN _______ Schooner Rammed in St. Clair River by Steel Freighter Thomas F. Cole -- Captain and Crew of Vessel Escaped in Life ...
Evening News (North Tonawanda, NY), 5 May 1913, p. 1, column 4 FIRST LUMBER BOAT ARRIVES _______ Steamer Edward Buckley Has Aboard 600,000 Feet of Hemlock. _______ IRON CITY GOES DOWN _______ Schooner Rammed in St. Clair River by Steel Freighter Thomas …
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- New Steamer is in Port
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 14 Sep 1904 New Steamer is in Port Steamer Haddington Recently built at Toronto Brings Coal for New Ontario Dock & Coal Co. The new steel steamer Haddington arrived in port this morning with a cargo of 2,100 tons of soft coal from Cleveland for the new Ontario Dock and Coal Company. ...
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 14 Sep 1904 New Steamer is in Port Steamer Haddington Recently built at Toronto Brings Coal for New Ontario Dock & Coal Co. The new steel steamer Haddington arrived in port this morning …
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- Wreck of Monkshaven
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 5 Dec 1905 Wreck of Monkshaven Story of dangers hardships and hunger told by crew Had nothing to eat between Monday night and Thursday morning. The Paliki was in trouble Members of the crew of the Algoma Central steamer Monkshaven, which was stranded on Angus island near ...
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 5 Dec 1905 Wreck of Monkshaven Story of dangers hardships and hunger told by crew Had nothing to eat between Monday night and Thursday morning. The Paliki was in trouble Members of the …
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- Rosedale Was in Peril
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 8 Nov 1905 Rosedale Was in Peril Had An experience rare in annals of Great Lakes In last week's big storm on Lake Superior was thrown on beam ends and her cargo shifted By an exceedingly narrow margin the steamer Rosedale, of the St. Lawrence and Chicago Steamship Company line, ...
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 8 Nov 1905 Rosedale Was in Peril Had An experience rare in annals of Great Lakes In last week's big storm on Lake Superior was thrown on beam ends and her cargo shifted …
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- Spar Buoy Placed Over Wreck of Barge Miztec
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 20 May 1921 Spar Buoy Placed Over Wreck of Barge Miztec _______ Later a Gas Buoy will be placed there. _______ A spar buoy now marks the wreck of the barge Miztec, according to a bulletin issued today by L. C. Sabin, general superintendent of the locks. The position given of ...
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 20 May 1921 Spar Buoy Placed Over Wreck of Barge Miztec _______ Later a Gas Buoy will be placed there. _______ A spar buoy now marks the wreck of the barge Miztec, according …
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- The Dixon Burned
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 20 Aug 1903 THE DIXON BURNED HIRAM R. DIXON BURNED TO WATER'S EDGE TUESDAY NIGHT WAS TIED UP AT DOCK AT MICHIPICOTEN CAPTAIN GANLEY AND CREW ESCAPED BUT LOST CLOTHING Fire Broke Out in the Engine Room and Spread with Wonderful Rapidity-Only Hull of Boat Remained When Fire ...
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 20 Aug 1903 THE DIXON BURNED HIRAM R. DIXON BURNED TO WATER'S EDGE TUESDAY NIGHT WAS TIED UP AT DOCK AT MICHIPICOTEN CAPTAIN GANLEY AND CREW ESCAPED BUT LOST CLOTHING Fire Broke Out …
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- Evening News (Benton Harbor, MI), 1 Nov. 1905
Storm on Lakes Superior's seas are running high today No Serious Accident Reported So Far Feared that lumber barges may go on rocks Steamer Tionesta went aground at Six Mile Point during heavy snow squall on Hay Lake today but was released Boats coming in ...
Storm on Lakes Superior's seas are running high today No Serious Accident Reported So Far Feared that lumber barges may go on rocks Steamer Tionesta went aground at Six Mile …
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- Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner
Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Oct 1876 Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner Mr. Samuel Hunter, coal and wood merchant of this city on Queen Street West and proprietor of the schooner Maggie Hunter, has received the following copy of a telegram from S. Stone, commission merchant, Oswego: "Oswego, Oct. 13 - Cabin ...
Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 14 Oct 1876 Supposed Loss of Toronto Schooner Mr. Samuel Hunter, coal and wood merchant of this city on Queen Street West and proprietor of the schooner Maggie Hunter, has received the following …
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- Evening News (Benton Harbor, MI), Friday, 20 Sept. 1901
"Capt. Levi P. Mann died this morning in his apartments in the Rice Block in St. Joseph of consumption, having been a sufferer for many years with the dread disease. He is a member of Occidental lodge, F. and A. M. and the funeral will be in charge of that …
"Capt. Levi P. Mann died this morning in his apartments in the Rice Block in St. Joseph of consumption, having been a sufferer for many years with the dread disease. …
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- Terrible Storm Sweeps Superior
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 10 Nov 1913, p. 1 TERRIBLE STORM SWEEPS SUPERIOR _______ High Winds Lash Great Lakes Into Fury; Captains Report Hardest Blow Yet Experienced _______ Disturbance Started in the South-East, Blowing Along Atlantic Coast -- 68 Mile Wind Reported at Portage Entry -- Steamer Sarnian Six Days ...
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 10 Nov 1913, p. 1 TERRIBLE STORM SWEEPS SUPERIOR _______ High Winds Lash Great Lakes Into Fury; Captains Report Hardest Blow Yet Experienced _______ Disturbance Started in the South-East, Blowing Along Atlantic Coast -- 68 …
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- The Weather
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 7 Nov 1913, p. 1 THE WEATHER For Sault Ste Marie and vicinity-- Rain and colder tonight; Saturday, rain or snow and colder. Upper Lakes--Brisk to high south-west to northwest winds, except northwest on western Superior. Rain south, rain or snow north portions tonight and Saturday; colder ...
Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, MI), 7 Nov 1913, p. 1 THE WEATHER For Sault Ste Marie and vicinity-- Rain and colder tonight; Saturday, rain or snow and colder. Upper Lakes--Brisk to high south-west to northwest winds, except northwest on western …
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- White Cedar Yawl Boat: Schooner Days XXVII (27)
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Sep 1931 This vessel, bound from Johnston Harbour to Chatham with lumber, became waterlogged in a squall off Pointe Auz Barques on the American shore of Lake Huron on October 25, 1911. Captain John McDonald ana his crew of six got into the yawl boat and after an arduous trop across the …
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Sep 1931 This vessel, bound from Johnston Harbour to Chatham with lumber, became waterlogged in a squall off Pointe Auz Barques on the American shore of Lake Huron on October 25, 1911. …
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- Double Wreck on the Doorstep: Schooner Days CCCCII (402)
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Jun 1939 Double Wreck on the Doorstep Schooner Days CCCCII (402) by C. H. J. Snider PROMPT as the morning's mail comes more information about the schooner Ontario, as requested last week. Captain John Williams, of 57 Isleworth avenue, veteran of ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Jun 1939 Double Wreck on the Doorstep Schooner Days CCCCII (402) by C. H. J. Snider PROMPT as the morning's mail comes more information about the schooner Ontario, as requested last week. …
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- Harbor Lights at the Saugeen Mouth: Schooner Days CCCCIV (404)
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 30 Jun 1939 Harbor Lights at the Saugeen Mouth Schooner Days CCCCIV (404) By C. H. J. Snider LAST WEEK was a big one in the life of Southampton, Ont., as a lakeport. The range lights into the Saugeen River, which enters Lake Huron here, and the fog signal ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 30 Jun 1939 Harbor Lights at the Saugeen Mouth Schooner Days CCCCIV (404) By C. H. J. Snider LAST WEEK was a big one in the life of Southampton, Ont., as a lakeport. …
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- Belle Sheridan: Schooner Days LXIX (69)
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Jan 1933 BELLE SHERIDAN SCHOONER DAYS LXIX. (69) In old Albert Hall, on the east side of Yonge street, between Queen and Shuter, about where Scholes' Hotel is now, the Longshoremen's Union used to gather for concerts and dances when the hall ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 7 Jan 1933 BELLE SHERIDAN SCHOONER DAYS LXIX. (69) In old Albert Hall, on the east side of Yonge street, between Queen and Shuter, about where Scholes' Hotel is now, the Longshoremen's Union …
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- The Lady Elgin: Schooner Days LXXII (72)
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 28 Jan 1933 The LADY ELGIN Schooner Days LXXII (72) Writing from Burlington, "I. S. B. " mentions that it was stated some time ago in this column that the schooner Col. Cook was one which attempted the voyage to Europe from the lakes in 1858; and the Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 28 Jan 1933 The LADY ELGIN Schooner Days LXXII (72) Writing from Burlington, "I. S. B. " mentions that it was stated some time ago in this column that the schooner Col. Cook …
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- Little Lost Ports: Port Granby: Schooner Days CCLIII (253)
Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Aug 1936 Little Lost Ports: Port Granby Schooner Days CCLIII (253) _______ Bowered in green and drowsing in the sun, Port Granby feels the sap of new life stir in its veins when summer reopens the half dozen homes which have been closed ...
Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Aug 1936 Little Lost Ports: Port Granby Schooner Days CCLIII (253) _______ Bowered in green and drowsing in the sun, Port Granby feels the sap of new life stir in its veins …
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- Wild Man Who Sailed In His Socks: Schooner Days II (2)
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 7 Feb 1931 The grounding of the MARY ANN LYDON at Charlotte was in October 1908, not 1906. See the linked newspaper account.
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 7 Feb 1931 The grounding of the MARY ANN LYDON at Charlotte was in October 1908, not 1906. See the linked newspaper account.
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- Seventy Years Sailing Schooner Days Out Of Southampton: Schooner Days CCCCV (405)
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 Jul 1939, Section Sports, p. 1 Seventy Years Sailing Schooner Days Out Of Southampton Schooner Days CCCCV (405) By C.H. J.Snider HE doesn't remember when he started sailing. Probably as soon as he emerged from three-cornered pants; maybe before. His was a lake-going family, ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 Jul 1939, Section Sports, p. 1 Seventy Years Sailing Schooner Days Out Of Southampton Schooner Days CCCCV (405) By C.H. J.Snider HE doesn't remember when he started sailing. Probably as soon as he emerged from three-cornered …
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