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 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 ...

      Francis H. Clergue, builder of the Soo power canal and the man who made a thriving city of Sault Ste. Marie, will, during the winter, visit Washington as President Roosevelt's guest. The President entertained Mr. Clergue at dinner during his recent visit at Detroit and spend over half an hour …

 Milwaukee Journal, 2 Dec 1902     67 LOST ON LAKES MANY SEAMEN PERISH IN GALES WHICH HAVE RAGED FOR A WEEK 29 LOST IN TWO DAYS Crew Of All The Crafts Are Still Missing Steamer Charles Hebard, Schooner Aloha And Barge Celtic Last Victims-- All Hope Of Finding The Bannockburn Is Given Up-- The Wreck ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 3 Aug 1896     New Lock Open. Three Steamers Go Through The Work At The Great Sault Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Aug 3 The 800 foot lock was officially opened this forenoon and the revenue cutter Andrew Johnson and the river and harbor steamer Hancock were locked through. No official programme ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 28 Nov 1896     New Canal at the Soo Work on a Great Water Power Project to Commence this year Sault Ste. Marie Mich. Nov. 28. It is now a settled fact that work on the big water power canal will be commenced within thirty day. At a meeting of the directors all of …

 Milwaukee Journal, 4 Oct 1910     Wireless brings aid to crew of burning steamer Set for the timely assistance given by the Pere Marquette steamer No.19, whose sister ship No, 18 sank in mid lake last month with two score on board, the crew of the Frank L. Vance of Cleveland (?), a coal steamer with …

 Milwaukee Journal, 23 Nov 1891     Marine News. Sault Ste. Marie. Mich. Nov. 23. The steamer Brazil collided with the steamer Mather about eight miles out from Iroquois Point. The Mather sunk in 250 feet of water in half an hour. She was laden with 58,000 bushels of wheat from Duluth for Buffalo. She was struck …

 Milwaukee Journal, 22 Jul 1899     Bottom Falls Out Disaster to schooner John Breden several are drowned Port Huron, Mich. July 22. According to the statements of her master, the schooner John Breden foundered as a result of the bottom falling out of her. Capt. McDonald her skipper, made the following ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 9 May 1916     Lake Ship Lost 20 seamen perished Steamer S. R. Kirby Sinks During Terrific Gale on Lake Superior Mate and one sailor are saved. Boats on Lake Superior Driven to shelter by Fifty-two mile wind. Considerable damage done in Copper Country Sault Ste. Marie, May 9 ...

 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 ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 16 Nov 1929     Crew Abandons Grounded Ship Buffalo N.Y. Battered for 12 hours by heavy seas, the freight steamer Briton was filling rapidly Friday and seemed beyond hope of salvage, according to reports received by the coast guard here. Capt. Johnson and the crew of 27 men on board since ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 2 Dec 1902     No News of Bannockburn Chicago Dec.1-- No tidings whatever have been received up to a late hour this afternoon from the Canadian steamer Bannockburn, missing on Lake Superior. The underwriters waited anxiously for a telegram from the wrecking tug Boynton, sent out from Sault Ste. ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 24 Sep 1902     Ship in Danger Steamer Sheboygan pounding to pieces at Algoma Goodrich boat worth $50,000 Can not be Approached on account of the high seas--vessel is a Side wheeler and was built in 1869 The tug Arctic of the Goodrich Transportation company made an effort to reach ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 25 Sep 1902     Boat off rocks Steamer Sheboygan Is Released By Tug Arctic Does Not Seem To Be Badly Damaged--Arrives At Algoma Under Her Own Steam--Cargo Thrown Overboard Algoma, Wis. Sept 25. The steamer Sheboygan, owned by the Goodrich Transportation company, which ran into a reef ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 13 Dec 1927     Lost Canadian boat is on rock, belief Sill another lake steamer, the Kamloops, was reported Tuesday as probably wrecked on the rocky cliffs of Isle Royal, Lake Superior. Not a word has been heard from the ship or its crew since Dec. 4, when the Kamloops passed through Sault Ste. …

 Milwaukee Journal, 27 Jan 1898     Taken From Sinking Ship Passengers And Crew Saved From Wreck Of City Of Duluth Rescued By Breeches Buoy Three Women, One Of Whom Will Die Of Exposure, Among The Number-Vessel Breaks In Two. St. Joseph, Mich. Jan 27.- The passengers and crew of the steamer City of ...

 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 ...

 Milwaukee Journal, 24 Jan 1895     The Chicora has sunk _______ Portions of the fine steamer found near South Haven _______ Twenty-six lives are lost _______ Awful fate of Capt. Stines, and his brave crew--no Milwaukee passengers or freight on board-the loss is total. Benton ...