Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Notes, p. 8

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all Ld Ir. on aa Lr vs of te he th ar it ge th Mr, MARINE NOTES, The U. T, Ro hoes added the steamer Majestic to the line between Sarnia and Duluth, calliog at Port Arthur. The line is now composed of the Mon- arch, Uaited Empire, and Majestic and ig second to none, --Newa, During a dense fox the str. Florida was sunk by collision with the steamer G. W. Roby in Lake Huron, off Middle Island. The crewof the Florida was taken to Port Huron. The steamer was hound down with grain and mer- chandise from Chicago, Whils going into Waubaushene on WVednerday evening Inet, the Amert- can+teatn barge A A Turner, ran on & ledge of rock, The tog Waulanehene which hadtwo of the veeses'« tows in rcharge, relensed the barge, The stern postand ravder were brokenoff, anda portion of the keel was torn away. The immediately docked, The ateamer ja vwned by Meesra McLean, Bridges and Seott, of Sayvinaw, Mich., and te failed hy Cant. Brown, whoovwnse one cf the three tow bargea which the steamer has charge Of. Capt. Brown «tates that he wasorly aboutten feet ont of the cltannel, and that the buoy bad shifted that distance towards the cen- tre of the channel. Cap'. Brown' has been in Colling- harge was brought bere Saturday, nnd | , did ble bal Lato Lal eat: ie | era | ye wh Ave wa hai Cn] hve, Pri by tele re Dur cen iat | Me, His | ral tha Hic, the) miee Tan peri and | . , : : vere wood before having sailed a+ mate into. this port in 1859 and 1860 on the stean- er Antelop: which ran between Col- lingwood and Chicigo. In specking of the trade of that time Capt. Beaws | said it wae good. the steamers Ante- lope, Montgomery and Baltic «lwnye having full loads both ways. No doubt some of the old residenis will re- member Capt. Brown, 4 ee --_--_-- == Special drives in Indies' and child. mm eha | nou ald here vail Wel Tho hia} in € Mek of tl cupi lant

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