Lord Elgin (Propeller), aground, 4 Dec 1856
- Full Text
Propeller LORD ELGIN, ashore at the foot of Lake Ontario. Total loss.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
January 31, 1857 (casualty List)
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Propeller LORD ELGIN, Total loss on Long Point, Kingston. Built Oswego 1841. ex SYRACUSE
Toronto Globe
December 5, 1856
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Montreal, Dec. 6. - Weather intensely cold. The steamer LADY (sic) ELGIn went ashore Thursday near Presque Isle, Lake Ontario, and is a total wreck.
Buffalo Daily Republic
Saturday, December 6, 1856
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Oswego, Dec. 8. - The propeller LORD ELGIN, wrecked on Saturday last off Long Point, was bound from Toronto to Montreal. She had a cargo of 2,000 bbls of flour, which together with the vessel, will be a total loss.
Buffalo Daily Republic
Tuesday, December 9, 1856
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- Media Type
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Clippings
- Notes
- Reason: aground
Lives: nil
Hull damage: $6,000
Cargo: $9.800
Freight: flour
Remarks: Total loss
- Date of Original
- 1856
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- McN.W.2955
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.933888 Longitude: -76.892777
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- Donor
- William R. McNeil
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