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  • Report of the State of Milwaukie Lighthouse, 1st Quarter 1845
    Report of the State of Milwaukie Lighthouse, 1st Quarter 1845
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  • No Mail -- Another Steamer Broke Down
    No Mail -- Another Steamer Broke Down
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), 17 Nov 1854, p. 2     NO MAIL -- ANOTHER STEAMER BROKE DOWN. -- We learn that the steamer Arctic, which left Chicago yesterday morning for this city with the mail and passengers, broke her shaft or some other part of her machinery when near Waukegan and was towed back by the Cleveland, going south. So …
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), 17 Nov 1854, p. 2   NO MAIL -- ANOTHER STEAMER BROKE DOWN. -- We learn that the steamer Arctic, which left Chicago yesterday morning for this city with the mail and passengers, broke her shaft …
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  • Lucky to be Alive
    Lucky to be Alive
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Journal, 12 May 1916     Lucky to be Alive Survivor of Lake Disaster Summarized His experience-- Engineer of lost steamer visits Milwaukee James True second engineer on the steamer S.R. Kirby, which foundered during a heavy gale on Lake Superior, Monday and who was one of but four members of the ...
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Journal, 12 May 1916   Lucky to be Alive Survivor of Lake Disaster Summarized His experience-- Engineer of lost steamer visits Milwaukee James True second engineer on the steamer S.R. Kirby, which foundered during a …
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  • Launch of the May Durr
    Launch of the May Durr
    NewspaperText  Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 10 Apr 1888     LAUNCH OF THE MAY DURR May Durr is the name of a new steam barge launched at the Milwaukee shipyard Saturday afternoon. The boat was named after the daughter of Emil Durr, one of her owners. For half an hour before the launch a squad of police were kept busy …
    NewspaperText  Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 10 Apr 1888   LAUNCH OF THE MAY DURR May Durr is the name of a new steam barge launched at the Milwaukee shipyard Saturday afternoon. The boat was named after the daughter of …
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  • Elevator of Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
    Elevator of Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company
    Image       The grain elevator was built around 1864. TANNER was wrecked in 1875. Title and photographer information was derived from another version of this view
    Image     The grain elevator was built around 1864. TANNER was wrecked in 1875. Title and photographer information was derived from another version of this view
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  • An Old Lake Captain Gone
    An Old Lake Captain Gone
    NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource  Wayne County Alliance, 23 Jan 1884, p. 2     An Old Lake Captain Gone _______ Death of Capt. Pavy, who was a Vessel Master in 1829 Capt. Pavy, an old lake captain, died at his son's residence in Milwaukee, Wis., on Saturday, Dec. 29th 1883. Capt. Pavy married the sister of Mr. David Rogers, of Sodus Point, ...
    NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource  Wayne County Alliance, 23 Jan 1884, p. 2   An Old Lake Captain Gone _______ Death of Capt. Pavy, who was a Vessel Master in 1829 Capt. Pavy, an old lake captain, died at his son's residence in Milwaukee, …
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  • Marine Disaster
    Marine Disaster
    NewspaperText  Wisconsin Free Democrat (Milwaukee, WI), 27 Nov 1850     MARINE DISASTER.--We learn that the Brig Lowell, bound to this port with a cargo of salt, went ashore near the mouth of Detroit river, but was got off in a damaged condition, and has been taken out on the marine railway at Malden, for repairs.
    NewspaperText  Wisconsin Free Democrat (Milwaukee, WI), 27 Nov 1850   MARINE DISASTER.--We learn that the Brig Lowell, bound to this port with a cargo of salt, went ashore near the mouth of Detroit river, but was got off in a …
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  • Lake Disasters
    Lake Disasters
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 22 Mar 1861, p. 1     LAKE DISASTERS .--From what we learn from our Milwaukee exchanges, and from other sources, the list of Lake Disasters seems to have sadly begun. The schooner Sir William Wallace, Capt. James Campbell, went on the beach at Amsterdam, forty-six miles north of Milwaukee, on Saturday night. ...
    NewspaperText  Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL), 22 Mar 1861, p. 1   LAKE DISASTERS .--From what we learn from our Milwaukee exchanges, and from other sources, the list of Lake Disasters seems to have sadly begun. The schooner Sir William Wallace, Capt. …
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  • George Barber, proposal for Revenue Cutter, 4 October 1843
    George Barber, proposal for Revenue Cutter, 4 October 1843
    Text       Your favor of the 29th ultimo is at hand and in reply I have to inform you that I can & propose to furnish a vessel for the government of the dimensions kind & description referred to in your favor for the sum of Twelve Hundred dollars . This to …
    Text     Your favor of the 29th ultimo is at hand and in reply I have to inform you that I can & propose to furnish a vessel for the government of …
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  • Clearance, one bark canoe, Jacob Franks, 15 July 1803
    Clearance, one bark canoe, Jacob Franks, 15 July 1803
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  • Entry, canoe, David Mitchell, 28 June 1807
    Entry, canoe, David Mitchell, 28 June 1807
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    Ship Document    
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  • Manifest, barge, Paul Joseph Lacroix, 23 July 1808
    Manifest, barge, Paul Joseph Lacroix, 23 July 1808
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    Ship Document    
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  • Manifest, canoe, Joseph Bailly, 20 July 1805
    Manifest, canoe, Joseph Bailly, 20 July 1805
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    Ship Document    
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  • Manifest, schooner Nancy Dousman, 20 August 1842
    Manifest, schooner Nancy Dousman, 20 August 1842
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  • Manifest, schooner Swan, 10 April 1843
    Manifest, schooner Swan, 10 April 1843
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  • Why her Tow was Cast Adrift
    Why her Tow was Cast Adrift
    NewspaperTextmystery  Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 17 Aug 1885, p. 7     WHY HER TOW WAS CAST ADRIFT. CHICAGO.Ill,. Aug. 16.--[Special.] -- Captain Dan Mallory of the steam barge Arthur Edwards explained why he cast his tow adrift. He was coming up the lake before a lively norther and suddenly came upon the steamer city of Milwaukee, headed almost due ...
    NewspaperTextmystery  Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 17 Aug 1885, p. 7   WHY HER TOW WAS CAST ADRIFT. CHICAGO.Ill,. Aug. 16.--[Special.] -- Captain Dan Mallory of the steam barge Arthur Edwards explained why he cast his tow adrift. He was coming up …
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  • Manifest, steamboat Odd Fellow, 14 May 1846
    Manifest, steamboat Odd Fellow, 14 May 1846
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  • Clearance, barge, Paul Joseph Lacroix, 22 July 1809
    Clearance, barge, Paul Joseph Lacroix, 22 July 1809
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    Ship Document    
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  • 3-Masted Mackinaw and a Mystery Solved: Schooner Days CCCCXXIV (424)
    3-Masted Mackinaw and a Mystery Solved: Schooner Days CCCCXXIV (424)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 9 Mar 1940     3-Masted Mackinaw and a Mystery Solved Schooner Days CCCCXXIV (424) By C. H. J. Snider ABOUT the Resumption. Mention of her among the old-timers whose long-dead hearts may throb sometimes at being remembered may ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 9 Mar 1940   3-Masted Mackinaw and a Mystery Solved Schooner Days CCCCXXIV (424) By C. H. J. Snider ABOUT the Resumption. Mention of her among the old-timers whose long-dead hearts may throb sometimes …
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  • Steamer Gazelle, Inspector's Certificate, 7 October 1858
    Steamer Gazelle, Inspector's Certificate, 7 October 1858
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