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  • Early Days On The Lakes, With An Account Of The Cholera Visitation Of 1832
    Early Days On The Lakes, With An Account Of The Cholera Visitation Of 1832
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  • Steam Boats on Lake Erie
    Steam Boats on Lake Erie
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Bethel Magazine, January 1836    
    WebsiteTextNewspaper  Bethel Magazine, January 1836  
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  • Steamer L. C. HANNA taking off the Crew of the Burning steamer CLARION
    Steamer L. C. HANNA taking off the Crew of the Burning steamer CLARION
    Image       Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.
    Image     Image featured in article "Notable Rescues on Lake Vessels," Marine Review, January 1910, pp. 29-32.
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  • "Cullud" Folks and the Marquis: Schooner Days CCCCXCVI (496)
    "Cullud" Folks and the Marquis: Schooner Days CCCCXCVI (496)
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 May 1941     "Cullud" Folks and the Marquis Schooner Days CCCCXCVI (496) by C. H. J. Snider _______ HERE may be a clue as to the identity of the smart schooner Charlie Gibbons drew so long ago, with the ...
    NewspaperText  Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 May 1941   "Cullud" Folks and the Marquis Schooner Days CCCCXCVI (496) by C. H. J. Snider _______ HERE may be a clue as to the identity of the smart schooner Charlie Gibbons …
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  • Barge Beats Her Steamer, Tale of Two Brothers: Schooner Days CCXLIX (249)
    Barge Beats Her Steamer, Tale of Two Brothers: Schooner Days CCXLIX (249)
    Newspaper       Barge Beats Her Steamer Tale of Two Brothers Schooner Days CCXLIX (249) _______ NOTATIONS are cryptic in the records of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection of the U.S. Department of Commerce. As instance: ...
    Newspaper     Barge Beats Her Steamer Tale of Two Brothers Schooner Days CCXLIX (249) _______ NOTATIONS are cryptic in the records of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection of the U.S. …
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  • Steamer SEEANDBEE between Buffalo and Cleveland
    Steamer SEEANDBEE between Buffalo and Cleveland
    Image       Coloured postcard of the Cleveland and Buffalo line steamboat SEEANDBEE on Lake Erie.
    Image     Coloured postcard of the Cleveland and Buffalo line steamboat SEEANDBEE on Lake Erie.
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  • 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 …
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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 …
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  • 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 …
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  • Barge Splits Open; Crew of 8 in Peril
    Barge Splits Open; Crew of 8 in Peril
    NewspaperText  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 26 Aug 1917, p. 11     BARGE SPLITS OPEN; CREW OF 8 IN PERIL _______ Men Narrowly Escape Being Drowned When Magnetic is Buffeted About. _______ Heavy Sea Makes Rescue work Difficult for the Towing Steamer Breitung. Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 25.--Captain Knud Peterson, of the barge ...
    NewspaperText  Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 26 Aug 1917, p. 11   BARGE SPLITS OPEN; CREW OF 8 IN PERIL _______ Men Narrowly Escape Being Drowned When Magnetic is Buffeted About. _______ Heavy Sea Makes Rescue work Difficult for the Towing Steamer …
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  • Barge Loaded With Ore founders Off Long Point
    Barge Loaded With Ore founders Off Long Point
    NewspaperText  Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY), 27 Aug 1917, p. 10     BARGE LOADED WITH ORE FOUNDERS OFF LONG POINT _______ Crew Abandons the Magnetic When Steering Gear Becomes Disabled---Fills Rapidly. _______ The barge Magnetic, owned by the Juliett-Graverate Steamship company of Fairport, foundered two miles off Long Point, ...
    NewspaperText  Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY), 27 Aug 1917, p. 10   BARGE LOADED WITH ORE FOUNDERS OFF LONG POINT _______ Crew Abandons the Magnetic When Steering Gear Becomes Disabled---Fills Rapidly. _______ The barge Magnetic, owned by the Juliett-Graverate Steamship company of …
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  • Sinking of the Magnetic
    Sinking of the Magnetic
    NewspaperText  Buffalo Commercial, 28 Aug 1917, p. 7     Sinking of the Magnetic The barge Magnetic, which foundered in Lake Erie last Saturday, was insured for $30,000 in companies represented by Willcox, Peck & Hughes. Captain K. Pedersen and the members of the crew, who were here yesterday made statements. Henry Thorsen, a ...
    NewspaperText  Buffalo Commercial, 28 Aug 1917, p. 7   Sinking of the Magnetic The barge Magnetic, which foundered in Lake Erie last Saturday, was insured for $30,000 in companies represented by Willcox, Peck & Hughes. Captain K. Pedersen and …
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  • Buffalo Commercial, 29 Aug 1917, p. 7
    Buffalo Commercial, 29 Aug 1917, p. 7
    NewspaperText       The Captain of the steamer R. B. Hall which arrived this evening reports passing a quantity of wreckage, bin, masts and hatches, about thirty miles west of Erie. Thought to be from the barge Magnetic.
    NewspaperText     The Captain of the steamer R. B. Hall which arrived this evening reports passing a quantity of wreckage, bin, masts and hatches, about thirty miles west of Erie. Thought to …
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  • Destruction of Steamer Atlantic
    Destruction of Steamer Atlantic
    Newspaper       The scene which is represented by our artist below, was a most heart-rending catastrophe. At the time of the collision a dense fog was prevailing. The passengers were all in bed, and the Atlantic was in charge of the first mate. Immediately following the collision the utmost confusion prevailed ...
    Newspaper     The scene which is represented by our artist below, was a most heart-rending catastrophe. At the time of the collision a dense fog was prevailing. The passengers were all in …
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  • The Empire Quick Step
    The Empire Quick Step
    Image       Performed by the Cleveland Brass Band and Dedicated to Captain Howe, Commander of the Mammoth Steamboat Empire
    Image     Performed by the Cleveland Brass Band and Dedicated to Captain Howe, Commander of the Mammoth Steamboat Empire
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  • Accident to the steamer May Queen
    Accident to the steamer May Queen
    NewspaperText  Daily Commercial Register (Sandusky, OH), 30 Sep 1853, p. 2     Quoted in Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 1 Oct. 1853, p. 2
    NewspaperText  Daily Commercial Register (Sandusky, OH), 30 Sep 1853, p. 2   Quoted in Plain Dealer (Cleveland), 1 Oct. 1853, p. 2
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  • Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 10 Apr 1854
    Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 10 Apr 1854
    NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource       The May Queen , on her way to Detroit, Saturday night, when a few miles from Point au Pelee, broke one of her shafts, between the arms of the wheel. Fortunately, the Cleveland was near at hand, on her way down, and took her in tow, arriving here about nine …
    NewspaperTextGenealogical Resource     The May Queen , on her way to Detroit, Saturday night, when a few miles from Point au Pelee, broke one of her shafts, between the arms of the wheel. …
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  • Marine Accident
    Marine Accident
    NewspaperText  Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 2 Oct 1854, p. 3     MARINE ACCIDENT .-- The steamer Southern Michigan met with a serious and somewhat singular accident, while coming up the Lake yesterday. When about 20 miles from Monroe, one of the wheels which had been racked a little in a previous storm, burst into bands, and the ...
    NewspaperText  Cleveland Leader (Cleveland, OH), 2 Oct 1854, p. 3   MARINE ACCIDENT .-- The steamer Southern Michigan met with a serious and somewhat singular accident, while coming up the Lake yesterday. When about 20 miles from Monroe, one of the …
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  • Marine News
    Marine News
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Journal, 26 Sep 1902     The Marine News Chicago, Sept. 26 Dense fog prevails today on Lake Huron, extending past Sault Ste Marie and Mackinaw City. While the storm of Wednesday has completely passed over, navigation is being seriously delayed by the fog which succeeded it. Underwriters are fearful of ...
    NewspaperText  Milwaukee Journal, 26 Sep 1902   The Marine News Chicago, Sept. 26 Dense fog prevails today on Lake Huron, extending past Sault Ste Marie and Mackinaw City. While the storm of Wednesday has completely passed over, …
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  • Burning of the Washington
    Burning of the Washington
    TextNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters... (1856), 1856, 130-31     Burning of the Washington. A new and elegant steamboat called the Washington, was burned on Lake Erie, opposite Silver creek, June 16th, 1838. In the early part of the preceding night, the Washington passed the steamer North America, while the latter lay at the town of Erie. On the ...
    TextNewspaper  Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters... (1856), 1856, 130-31   Burning of the Washington. A new and elegant steamboat called the Washington, was burned on Lake Erie, opposite Silver creek, June 16th, 1838. In the early part of the preceding …
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