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Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), Feb. 27, 1884 
TextNewspapers    Fish Stories An Old Veteran Tells a Reminiscence When Salmon River Was Alive With Salmon _________ The following written by J. A. Mathewson to the Pulaski Democrat will be read with interest by all anglers: Having been a resident of the town of Richland 76 years, I have outlived most of my...
Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), Friday, Nov. 7, 1884 
TextNewspapers    Thrilling Experience. _____ The Schooner Agnes Hope Becomes Waterlogged off this Port and is Abandoned by Her Crew. The captain of the schooner Jessie Drummond which arrived here late yesterday afternoon reported that when about fifteen miles off this port - he met the schooner Agnes...
Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), Mon., Nov. 24, 1884 
TextNewspapers    A November Gale. _______ A Forerunner of Winter - The Samana's Trip from Toronto . Weather prophets said yesterday that the southerly breeze which blew during the day would toward night haul to the northwest and blow a gale. Their predictions were verified at 9 o'clock, when the wind that...
Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), Friday, Oct. 31, 1884 
TextNewspapers    In The Fall of '75 ____ A Furious Gale and the Scene Enacted off Oswego harbor - Interesting Recollections The work of transforming the wrecked schooner, Sam Cook , into a coal barge is about completed. She was launched Friday and will leave for Oswego in a week or ten days. - Ogdensburg...
Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), Tues,  May 6, 1884 
TextNewspapers    A Fire On Water. _____ The Large Tug Alanson Sumner Burned Last Night - A Fine Boat Almost Destroyed - The Schooner Typo Damaged - narrow Escape of Capt. Daggett . A vigorous alarm of fire from box 35 at 1 o'clock this morning called the department to the foot of Wet First street, near ...
Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), Thurs. Aug 7,1884 
TextNewspapers    Obituary. We learn by a correspondent that captain Horatio N. Throop, of Pultneyville, Wayne county, died yesterday, Wednesday morning. Captain T. will be remembered by many of our older citizens as prominent in lake navigation. He was master of several large class of lake steamers, and as ...
Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), 15 Sep 1884 
TextNewspapers    *August 29, 1880 - up to 20 lives were lost **ignis fatuus - "A wide variety of spectral lights, whose alleged purpose is to herald death or play tricks on travelers at night. It literally mean "foolish fire" and is so named because anyone who follows such a light is foolish." (The Encyclopedia...
Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), September 10, 1884 
TextNewspapers    THAT ANCIENT WRECK A Pentwater correspondent of the Marine Record says: "The tug Neilson, Capt. C. J. Heath, and the schooner Experiment have been wrecking what is supposed to be the schooner John B. Wright. They have taken 1,100 kegs of nails out and some coal. The oldest settlers claim that...
Detroit Post and Tribune (Detroit, MI), June 27, 1884 
TextNewspapers    The wrecking schooner H. W. Johnson is to take on board a patent wrecking elevator. It is stated that the apparatus will hoist 500 tons of coal in 12 hours. ...
Detroit Post and Tribune (Detroit, MI), July 22, 1884 
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Detroit Post and Tribune (Detroit, MI), July 15,  1884 
TextNewspapers    Vessels are making big records as fishers this season, through the atmospheric peculiarities which bring the fish to the surface. Some vessel have, by means of trolling line, caught 30 lake trout in a single day, and for the first time in the history of the lakes have trolled successfully after...
Detroit Post (Detroit, MI), Nov. 6, 1884 
TextNewspapers    But the GRUMMOND (US#85552) was not so easy to kill. The iron-hulled sidewheel steamer was actually built in 1856 by Merrick & Sons, Philadelphia, as the survey steamer JEFFERSON DAVIS, specifically for the survey of the Great Lakes. She was 138 feet overall, 21 feet, 6 inches beam and 8 feet 9...
Fern (Propeller), U120527, aground, 1 Nov 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Lives: nil Remarks: Got off
Iron Chief (Propeller), U100287, sunk, 15 Mar 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: sunk Lives: nil Hull damage: $1,716 Cargo: $8,385 Freight: corn Remarks: Raised
George Barber (Schooner), aground, 1 Apr 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $1,500 Freight: nil Remarks: Total loss
Belle Brown (Schooner), U2887, aground, 20 Apr 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $975 Freight: nil Remarks: Got off
I. M. Hill (Schooner), aground, 20 Apr 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $1,000 Freight: nil Remarks: Got off
Caroline Williams (Propeller), fire, 22 Apr 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: fire Hull damage: $14,000 Remarks: Total loss
Ottawa (Schooner), fire, 27 Apr 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: fire Hull damage: $1,500 Cargo: $500 Freight: lumber Remarks: Damaged
Higgie (Schooner), U18746, leak, 1 May 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: leak Hull damage: $200 Cargo: $8,500 Freight: wheat Remarks: Damaged
Williams (Schooner), aground, 2 May 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $800 Cargo: $200 Remarks: Got off
E. P. Royce (Schooner), U8912, collision, 22 May 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: collision Hull damage: $1,964 Freight: nil Remarks: Damaged
North Cape (Schooner), U18788, collision, 23 May 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: collision Hull damage: $2,050 Freight: wheat Remarks: Damaged Hull
H. W. Sage (Schooner), U95414, aground, 31 May 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $1,910 Freight: nil Remarks: Got off
Frank W. Gifford (Schooner), U9752, aground, 31 May 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $1,500 Freight: ore Remarks: Got off
Ahnapee (Schooner), U1549, aground, 9 Jun 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $2,000 Cargo: $800 Freight: wood Remarks: Total loss
Imperial (Propeller), sunk, 17 Jun 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: sunk Hull damage: $1,000 Cargo: $800 Freight: sand Remarks: Raised
Oscar Townsend (Propeller), aground, 17 Jun 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $7,300 Cargo: $1,800 Freight: ore Remarks: Got off
North Cape (Schooner), U18788, collision, 21 Jun 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: collision Hull damage: $1,200 Cargo: $830 Freight: wheat Remarks: Damaged
Bay State (Schooner), u2141, collision, 21 Jun 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: collision Hull damage: $900 Cargo: - Freight: lumber Remarks: Damaged
James D. Sawyer (Schooner), U75386, collision, 28 Jun 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: collision Hull damage: $900 Cargo: $nil Freight: coal Remarks: Damaged
John Kelderhouse (Schooner), U13664, aground, 1 Jul 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $1,753 Cargo: $nil Freight: coal Remarks: Damaged
C. O. D. (Schooner), dismasted, 19 Aug 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: dismasted Hull damage: $2,129 Cargo: $nil Freight: ore Remarks: Recovered
E. Vesta (Schooner), capsized, 23 Aug 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: capsized Hull damage: $800 Cargo: $nil Freight: nil Remarks: Recovered
T. Y. Avery (Schooner), leak, 25 Aug 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: leak Cargo: $2,800 Freight: corn
W. W. Brigham (Schooner), capsized, 25 Aug 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: capsized Hull damage: $1,000 Cargo: $700 Freight: lumber Remarks: Total loss
Hackley (Propeller), burnt, 23 Aug 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: burnt Hull damage: $1,800 Freight: nil Remarks: Damaged
Blackball (Propeller), collision, 10 Sep 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: collision Hull damage: $1,500 Remarks: Damaged
Alaska (Schooner), U356, aground, 18 Sep 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: aground Hull damage: $5,000 Cargo: $1,667 Freight: ore Remarks: Total loss
Thomas H. Howland (Schooner), U24978, collision, 19 Sep 1884 
TextNewspapers  1884  Reason: collision Hull damage: $3,100 Freight: coal Remarks: Damaged
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A. C. Maxwell (Schooner) (1) A. E. Vickery (Schooner) (1) A. L. Hopkins (Propeller) (1) A. R. Colborne (Propeller) (1) Agnes Hope (Schooner) (1) Ahira Cobb (Schooner) (2) Ahnapee (Schooner) (1) Alanson Sumner (Propeller) (1) Alanson Sumner (Tug) (1) Alaska (Schooner) (2) Albert (Steamboat) (1) Albert J. Wright (Propeller) (1) Alberta (Propeller) (1) Alcona (Propeller) (1) Alexander (Vessel) (1) Alice E. Getty (Propeller) (1) Alpha (Tug) (1) Anna P. Dorr (Propeller) (1) Annie E. Foster (Schooner) (1) Antares (Schooner) (1) Arabia (Schooner) (2) Argonaut (Propeller) (1) Argyle (Propeller) (1) Ariadne (Schooner) (1) Avon (Propeller) (1) Babineau & Gaudry (Vessel) (1) Barges (17) Barks (1) Bay State (Schooner) (1) Belle (Schooner) (1) Belle Brown (Schooner) (1) Benedict (Schooner) (1) Bertie Crowell (Schooner) (1) Bessie Boalt (Schooner) (1) Blackball (Propeller) (1) Bob Anderson (Tug) (1) Brothers (Propeller) (1) Buckeye (Propeller) (1) Business (Propeller) (1) C. A. King (Schooner) (1) C. C. Barnes (Schooner) (1) C. F. Curtis (Propeller) (1) C. N. Pratt (Propeller) (2) C. O. D. (Schooner) (1) California (Propeller) (1) Capella (Schooner) (1) Caroline Williams (Propeller) (1) Cataract (Schooner) (2) Cecelia (Schooner) (2) Chandler J. Wells (Schooner) (1) Charles Hinckley (Barge) (1) Charles J. Kershaw (Propeller) (1) Charles P. Minch (Schooner) (1) Cheney Ames (Schooner) (1) Chicago (Propeller) (1) Chicago Board of Trade (Barge) (1) City of Duluth (Propeller) (2) City of Rome (Propeller) (2) Conemaugh (Propeller) (2) Emily B. Maxwell (Schooner) (2) Enterprise (Propeller) (2) Erie Belle (Schooner) (3) Forest Queen (Schooner) (2) Garibaldi (Schooner) (4) George C. Finney (Schooner) (2) Georgian (Propeller) (2) Guiding Star (Barge) (2) H. W. Sage (Schooner) (2) Iron Chief (Propeller) (2) James Fisk (Propeller) (2) John Kelderhouse (Schooner) (2) John T. Mott (Schooner) (2) Kingfisher (Schooner) (2) M. R. Warner (Schooner) (2) Myrtle (Propeller) (2) North Cape (Schooner) (2) Oconto (Propeller) (3) Onoko (Propeller) (2) Pacific (Propeller) (3) Plymouth Rock (Barge) (2) Potomac (Propeller) (2) Propellers (147) Queen of the Lakes (Schooner) (2) R. J. Hackett (Propeller) (2) Raleigh (Propeller) (3) S. C. Baldwin (Propeller) (2) Schooners (181) Scotia (Schooner) (2) Scows (2) Sparta (Propeller) (2) Steamboats (10) Tecumseh (Propeller) (2) Thomas H. Howland (Schooner) (2) Three Brothers (Schooner) (2) Tugs (6) Two Fannies (Schooner) (2) Vessels (2) W. R. Taylor (Schooner) (3) Wocoken (Propeller) (5) Yachts (2)
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