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Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 Jun 1931 The JULIA B. MERRILL Schooner Days XXI (21) Something about the old schooner ending her days as a Sunnyside attraction. There has been much sympathy for John Currie's warmly worded letter from Mimico on the subject of the ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 Jun 1931 The JULIA B. MERRILL Schooner Days XXI (21) Something about the old ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Jun 1931 Great Gales Schooner Days XXII (22) Navigation of the Great Lakes is just as perilous as navigation of the ocean. If the seas there run longer and higher, the seas here run shorter and steeper. An added factor of danger in the lakes is the peril of the tee ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Jun 1931 Great Gales Schooner Days XXII (22) Navigation of the Great Lakes is ...- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), July 4, 1931 Great Gale of 1880 Schooner Days No. XXIII For forty years almost, Capt. David Reynolds was master of the Royal Canadian Yacht club launches Esmeralda, Hiawatha and Kwasind. His trips across the Bay, on their half-hour schedule, would have taken him twice around the ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), July 4, 1931 Great Gale of 1880 Schooner Days No. XXIII For forty years almost, ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Aug 1931 The Ship of Stone SCHOONER DAYS XXIV. (24) Graven in grey granite a ship of stone sails serenely above her master on Lake Huron's shore. High above the winding Maitland River, high on a hilltop which in life was their ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Aug 1931 The Ship of Stone SCHOONER DAYS XXIV. (24) Graven in grey granite ...- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Aug 1931 "SIX SHIPS" Schooner Days XXV (25). "Six Ships Vernon" was the nickname of that British Vice-Admiral of the Blue who invented grog; and who boasted, and made good his boast that, given half a dozen vessels he would beat the Spaniards out of Porto ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Aug 1931 "SIX SHIPS" Schooner Days XXV (25). "Six Ships Vernon" was the nickname ...
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 Sep 1931 "of WELLINGTON SQUARE" SCHOONER DAYS XXVI (26) Before going on with the Azov, last fore-and-after on Lake Huron, would you care to make a voyage to a vanished port? "When father got her in 1900," said Redfern ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 Sep 1931 "of WELLINGTON SQUARE" SCHOONER DAYS XXVI (26) Before going on with the ...
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Sep 1931 This vessel, bound from Johnston Harbour to Chatham with lumber, became waterlogged in a squall off Pointe Auz Barques on the American shore of Lake Huron on October 25, 1911. Captain John McDonald ana his crew of six got into the yawl boat and after an arduous trop across the ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Sep 1931 This vessel, bound from Johnston Harbour to Chatham with lumber, became waterlogged ...
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Sep 1931 How 'Captain Jim' Kept Oakville Light Burning SCHOONER DAYS XXVIII (28) Jim Quinn of Oakville--not to be confused with Jimmy Quinn of Toronto, who is still briskly commanding one of the R. C. Y. C. steamers--was born in Oakville, sailed the ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Sep 1931 How 'Captain Jim' Kept Oakville Light Burning SCHOONER DAYS XXVIII (28) Jim ...
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 26 Sep 1931 Putting on the Dog Schooner Days XXIX (29) There was never any general objection to sailing on a Friday, on the lakes, although many captains piously refrained from beginning a voyage on a Sunday. None was ever the worse for that. But ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 26 Sep 1931 Putting on the Dog Schooner Days XXIX (29) There was never any ...
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Oct 1931 The "C. T. JENKINS" in this story was in fact the ISAAC G. JENKINS...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Oct 1931 The "C. T. JENKINS" in this story was in fact the ISAAC ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 16 Nov 1931 OAKVILLE'S GRAND OLD MARINER Schooner Days XXXI (31) Capt. Maurice Fitzgerald, of Oakville, is one of the last of the splendid old timers who sailed the lakes when sailing meant handling canvas, hauling on ropes, and complete dependence upon the breath of Boreas for ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 16 Nov 1931 OAKVILLE'S GRAND OLD MARINER Schooner Days XXXI (31) Capt. Maurice Fitzgerald, of ...- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Oct 1931 THE EARLY BIRD Schooner Days XXXII (32) Telling of Capt. Jas. McCannel, master of the C.P.R. steamer Assiniboia and leading collector of harbor master's hats on the Upper Lakes, Mrs. Champney says, in the Detroit News, that the custom of presenting the first arrival of ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Oct 1931 THE EARLY BIRD Schooner Days XXXII (32) Telling of Capt. Jas. McCannel, ...
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 9 Jan 1932 Steelstem SCHOONER DAYS XXXIII (33) The old lad's cable had run out past the seventy-fathom shackle, but he appeared to have another whole shot in the locker. He was deftly knotting gill-nets in a Bronte fish house, and at the same time looking over last Saturday's ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 9 Jan 1932 Steelstem SCHOONER DAYS XXXIII (33) The old lad's cable had run out ...
- Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), February 20, 1932 SCHOONER DAYS XXXV JANUARY PASSAGE of the ELLA MURTON Talk of the time Capt. John Williams fitted out the Speedwell in February and ...Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), February 20, 1932 SCHOONER DAYS XXXV JANUARY PASSAGE of the ELLA MURTON Talk of the ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Feb 1932 Frank Jackman Started to Sea at 8 Schooner Days XXXVI (36) Frank Jackman was a good sailorman, a good tug man, a good business man, and a good dresser. He was, indeed, a tonsorial and sartorial delight. To meet Frank uptown was to learn ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Feb 1932 Frank Jackman Started to Sea at 8 Schooner Days XXXVI (36) Frank ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 Mar 1932 The YOUNG LION Schooner Days XXXVII (37) More about Captains Frank Jackman, Sr. and Jr., and the craft they made famous. Capt. Frank Jackman, Sr., who came back with the Sea Gull and a bushy white beard from South Africa, ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 Mar 1932 The YOUNG LION Schooner Days XXXVII (37) More about Captains Frank Jackman, ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Mar 1932 16,000 Miles With the Sea Gull Schooner Days XXXVIII (38) So much surprise has been excited by the statement in last Saturday's Telegram that the father of the late Capt. Frank Jackman, recently deceased, took an Oakville schooner from ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Mar 1932 16,000 Miles With the Sea Gull Schooner Days XXXVIII (38) So much ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Mar 1932 More About the ELLA MURTON Schooner Days XXXIX (39) Has anyone a picture of the Ella Murton, the schooner which was the heroine of the January Passage yarn in last month's "Schooner Days"? Loan of it for copying purposes would he appreciated. Old-timers ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 19 Mar 1932 More About the ELLA MURTON Schooner Days XXXIX (39) Has anyone a ...
Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 26 Mar 1932 The Sailing EXPRESS WAGON Schooner Days XL (40) There was, indeed, another Sea Gull frequenting Toronto Harbor, quite as industrious as the brigantine Sea Gull which made the voyage to South Africa, and brought back the famous sample of Durban rum--but very, very much ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 26 Mar 1932 The Sailing EXPRESS WAGON Schooner Days XL (40) There was, indeed, another ...- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 2 Apr 1932 Early Birding Schooner Days XLI (41) With the Ella Murton's January passage to Oswego, as related recently, still in mind, sailors of Hot Stove Harbor may be interested in some recollections concerning a Toronto vessel man who is still hale and hearty, Capt. John ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 2 Apr 1932 Early Birding Schooner Days XLI (41) With the Ella Murton's January passage ...
