Skip to content


Results

We found 1416 matching items.
  • Remove Search term Geographic Location: Chicago
  • Remove Search term Item types: Cards
  • Remove Search term Item types: Clippings
list thumb list 2 columns gallery
  • Goodrich Steamer Is At Bottom Of The Lake
    Goodrich Steamer Is At Bottom Of The Lake
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Journal, 4 Feb 1915     Goodrich Steamer Is At Bottom Of The Lake Iowa Is Lost Near Chicago; Crew Rescued Boat Caught In Ice Off The Harbor Entrance And Is Wrecked Captain And Crew Were Milwaukeeans There Was But One Passenger--All Walked Over Ice To Breakwater. Boat Was Insured- Had Ill Luck ...
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Journal, 4 Feb 1915   Goodrich Steamer Is At Bottom Of The Lake Iowa Is Lost Near Chicago; Crew Rescued Boat Caught In Ice Off The Harbor Entrance And Is Wrecked Captain And Crew Were …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Valero (Yacht), U229611, fire, 1 Oct 1937
    Valero (Yacht), U229611, fire, 1 Oct 1937
    TextNewspaper       Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Neva (Sloop), U130641, collided with dock, 7 Jun 1913
    Neva (Sloop), U130641, collided with dock, 7 Jun 1913
    TextNewspaper       Reason: collided with dock Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: collided with dock Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Iowa (Propeller), U100613, sunk, 4 Feb 1915
    Iowa (Propeller), U100613, sunk, 4 Feb 1915
    TextNewspaper       Reason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: sunk Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Mary M. (Propeller), U206255, struck breakwater, 28 Jul 1918
    Mary M. (Propeller), U206255, struck breakwater, 28 Jul 1918
    TextNewspaper       Reason: struck breakwater Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: struck breakwater Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Just Around the Corner
    Just Around the Corner
    TextNewspaper  Bertrande, Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 27 Oct 1946     The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rockbound coast. And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed." When the schooner "Illinois" left Sacket Harbor with 104 passengers and a crew of nine bound for the village of Chicago on Lake Michigan. The date was May …
    TextNewspaper  Bertrande, Syracuse Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 27 Oct 1946   The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rockbound coast. And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed." When the schooner "Illinois" left Sacket Harbor with …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Mary Catherine (Yacht), U204493, fire, 19 Sep 1907
    Mary Catherine (Yacht), U204493, fire, 19 Sep 1907
    TextNewspaper       Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    TextNewspaper     Reason: fire Lives: nil Remarks: Total loss
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Explosion of the Propeller Foss
    Explosion of the Propeller Foss
    NewspaperText  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 1 Jul 1860, p. 4     EXPLOSION OF THE PROPELLER FOSS.--The propeller R. H. Foss, which left this port evening before last for Muskegon, exploded her boiler when about fifteen miles out. She was running under only 75 pounds of steam at the time, and no cause can be assigned for the explosion. One fireman was …
    NewspaperText  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 1 Jul 1860, p. 4   EXPLOSION OF THE PROPELLER FOSS.--The propeller R. H. Foss, which left this port evening before last for Muskegon, exploded her boiler when about fifteen miles out. She was running under …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Terrible Explosion of the Steamer Globe at Chicago
    Terrible Explosion of the Steamer Globe at Chicago
    Newspaper  Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (New York, NY), 24 Nov 1860, p. 5, column 1     Terrible Explosion of the Steamer Globe at Chicago It is our painful duty to-day to illustrate on e of those appalling catastrophes which has rendered Western travelling so dangerous, and, we fear, from what we have read in the local papers, that it was the result of the grossest ...
    Newspaper  Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper (New York, NY), 24 Nov 1860, p. 5, column 1   Terrible Explosion of the Steamer Globe at Chicago It is our painful duty to-day to illustrate on e of those appalling catastrophes which has rendered Western travelling so dangerous, and, …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The Wreck of the Propeller Globe -- Another Body Found
    The Wreck of the Propeller Globe -- Another Body Found
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 18 Mar 1861, p. 1     THE WRECK OF THE PROPELLER GLOBE -- ANOTHER BODY FOUND -- There was quite a crowd of spectators gathered throughout Saturday, to watch the progress and process of operations about the sunken wreck of the ill-fated propeller Globe at Hale's Dock, near Wells street bridge. Martin Quigley ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 18 Mar 1861, p. 1   THE WRECK OF THE PROPELLER GLOBE -- ANOTHER BODY FOUND -- There was quite a crowd of spectators gathered throughout Saturday, to watch the progress and process of operations about …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Marine Intelligence
    Marine Intelligence
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 25 Apr 1863, p. 4     Marine Intelligence ... The schooner Millard Fillmore, when off Sheboygan, about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, was struck on the port bow by a white vessel bound down, name unknown. They were both together about an hour before they could be disengaged. captain. Knight, of the ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 25 Apr 1863, p. 4   Marine Intelligence ... The schooner Millard Fillmore, when off Sheboygan, about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, was struck on the port bow by a white vessel bound down, name unknown. They …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Appalling Calamity
    Appalling Calamity
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 9 Nov 1860, p. 1     APPALLING CALAMITY _______ The Propeller Globe Blown Up. _______ Fearful Effects of the Explosion _______ Sixteen Lives Supposed Lost. _______ Seven Bodies Recovered _______ Particulars of the Catastrophe. _______ Scenes ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 9 Nov 1860, p. 1   APPALLING CALAMITY _______ The Propeller Globe Blown Up. _______ Fearful Effects of the Explosion _______ Sixteen Lives Supposed Lost. _______ Seven Bodies Recovered _______ Particulars of the Catastrophe. _______ Scenes …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The Catastrophe of the Globe
    The Catastrophe of the Globe
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 10 Nov 1860, p. 1     The Catastrophe of the Globe The shocking casualty, the explosion of the propeller Globe, was still too fresh in mind yesterday, not to be the most prominent topic of attention and interest yesterday. Very many hair-breadth escapes are noted and brought forward. It is singular to ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 10 Nov 1860, p. 1   The Catastrophe of the Globe The shocking casualty, the explosion of the propeller Globe, was still too fresh in mind yesterday, not to be the most prominent topic of attention …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Peshtigo Homicide
    Peshtigo Homicide
    NewspaperText  Kenosha Union, 26 Jul 1866     PESHTIGO HOMICIDE .-- A week ago, on board the bark Peshtigo, while she was lying a short distance from the mouth of the harbor of Chicago, a most terrible and fatal affray with knives took place between Patrick McCambridge, the mate of the vessel, and William Moor, one of the …
    NewspaperText  Kenosha Union, 26 Jul 1866   PESHTIGO HOMICIDE .-- A week ago, on board the bark Peshtigo, while she was lying a short distance from the mouth of the harbor of Chicago, a most terrible and …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Peshtigo Homicide
    Peshtigo Homicide
    NewspaperText  Chicago Times (Chicago, IL), 20 Jul 1866     ANOTHER MURDER _______ Fatal Affray on Board the Bark Peshtigo _______ One Man Killed an Another Mortally Wounded _______ Full Details of the Horrible Tragedy _______ A terrible and fearful affray, a deadly conflict, such a one as seldom ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Times (Chicago, IL), 20 Jul 1866   ANOTHER MURDER _______ Fatal Affray on Board the Bark Peshtigo _______ One Man Killed an Another Mortally Wounded _______ Full Details of the Horrible Tragedy _______ A terrible and fearful …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Peshtigo Homicide
    Peshtigo Homicide
    NewspaperText  Chicago Times (Chicago, IL), 21 Jul 1866     THE PESHTIGO HOMICIDE _______ Inquest Upon the Body of the Mate. _______ Testimony of the Captain and Crew of the Vessel. _______ How the Affray Occurred. _______ The Jury Return a Verdict of Justifiable Homicide _______ Probability ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Times (Chicago, IL), 21 Jul 1866   THE PESHTIGO HOMICIDE _______ Inquest Upon the Body of the Mate. _______ Testimony of the Captain and Crew of the Vessel. _______ How the Affray Occurred. _______ The Jury Return …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • The Fatal Fight on the Peshtigo
    The Fatal Fight on the Peshtigo
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 21 Jul 1866     THE FATAL FIGHT ON THE "PESHTIGO." _______ Inquest on the Body of the Mate, McCambridge -- Details of the Affray -- a Fearful Encounter. _______ THE SURVIVOR EXONERATED BY THE JURY _______ The stabbing affray which occurred on Thursday evening on board ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 21 Jul 1866   THE FATAL FIGHT ON THE "PESHTIGO." _______ Inquest on the Body of the Mate, McCambridge -- Details of the Affray -- a Fearful Encounter. _______ THE SURVIVOR EXONERATED BY THE …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Orion (Schooner), aground, 24 Oct 1871
    Orion (Schooner), aground, 24 Oct 1871
    TextNewspaper       Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: R.R.iron Remarks: Got off
    TextNewspaper     Reason: aground Lives: nil Freight: R.R.iron Remarks: Got off
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Rebel (Propeller), U110083, collision, 1 Nov 1871
    Rebel (Propeller), U110083, collision, 1 Nov 1871
    TextNewspaper       Reason: collision
    TextNewspaper     Reason: collision
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Mayflower (Propeller), collision, 1 Nov 1871
    Mayflower (Propeller), collision, 1 Nov 1871
    TextNewspaper       Reason: collision Hull damage: $400 Remarks: Damaged
    TextNewspaper     Reason: collision Hull damage: $400 Remarks: Damaged
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Web Tools:
Dublin Core | Mods
Contributors
Media Types
Location
See more ...
See fewer ...
Sort A-Z...
Sort by hits...
Groups
See more ...
See fewer ...
Sort A-Z...
Sort by hits...
Item Types
Years
Features
Creative Commons