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  • Brig Algomah and her Escape
    Brig Algomah and her Escape
    NewspaperText       This beautiful craft, it will be remembered got upon the rocks in Lake Erie and had it not been for her great strength and the U.S. Steamer, who came to her relief, she would have been ship-wrecked. As it was, about 1000 bushels of wheat were thrown over board. The …
    NewspaperText     This beautiful craft, it will be remembered got upon the rocks in Lake Erie and had it not been for her great strength and the U.S. Steamer, who came to …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Tells Origin of Whistle On Lake Steamers
    Tells Origin of Whistle On Lake Steamers
    NewspaperText  Oswego Palladium-Times (Oswego, NY), 15 Aug 1928     Tells Origin of Whistle On Lake Steamers ___ In Early Days Alarm Bells Were in Use on Boats ___ "The steamboat whistle was unknown on the Great Lakes as late as the year 1843, and up to that time lake sailors used alarm bells placed ...
    NewspaperText  Oswego Palladium-Times (Oswego, NY), 15 Aug 1928   Tells Origin of Whistle On Lake Steamers ___ In Early Days Alarm Bells Were in Use on Boats ___ "The steamboat whistle was unknown on the Great Lakes as late …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Great Gale on Lake Erie
    Great Gale on Lake Erie
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), 13 Sep 1851     Great Gale on Lake Erie. _____ Loss of Dan Rice's Circus. _____ Mr. Frost, of the Burnet House, Cincinnati, who arrived here on the Express train, yesterday, from Buffalo, informs us that on Saturday night there was a terrific gale on Lake Erie. The ...
    TextNewspaper  Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), 13 Sep 1851   Great Gale on Lake Erie. _____ Loss of Dan Rice's Circus. _____ Mr. Frost, of the Burnet House, Cincinnati, who arrived here on the Express train, yesterday, from Buffalo, informs …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Safety on the Lakes
    Safety on the Lakes
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 21 Jun 1850     Safety on the Lakes. - The number and fearful character of the accidents on Lake Erie this year, is beyond measure dreadful. It is astounding to think about, especially when the public see in the very midst of these disasters, the large lake boats from Buffalo racing with each other, …
    NewspaperText  Oswego Commercial Times (Oswego, NY), 21 Jun 1850   Safety on the Lakes. - The number and fearful character of the accidents on Lake Erie this year, is beyond measure dreadful. It is astounding to think about, especially when …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
  • Steamboat Collision on Lake Erie
    Steamboat Collision on Lake Erie
    NewspaperText  Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), 25 Jun 1852     Steamboat Collision on Lake Erie Buffalo, June 23d, 1852 The steamer Northern Indiana left here yesterday on a pleasure excursion, with some three hundred people on board, among whom were Christopher Wright, Gov. Marcy and others, She put in to Cleveland this ...
    NewspaperText  Geneva Gazette (Geneva, NY), 25 Jun 1852   Steamboat Collision on Lake Erie Buffalo, June 23d, 1852 The steamer Northern Indiana left here yesterday on a pleasure excursion, with some three hundred people on board, among whom were …
    Maritime History of the Great Lakes
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