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  • Shipwrecks, Collisions and Accidents in St. Lawrence/Great Lakes Waterway, 1848-1900
    Camu, Pierre, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Apr 1996, 43-66     There is quite a literature about shipwrecks at sea or in the confined waters of gulfs, deltas or rivers. Indeed, wrecks have long exerted a fascination because of their spectacular results, often in
    Camu, Pierre, The Northern Mariner / Le marin du nord (St. John's, NL), Apr 1996, 43-66   There is quite a literature about shipwrecks at sea or in the …
  • Dreadful collision on Lake Michigan
        Woodcut engraving of the collision on Lake Michigan involving the steamboat LADY ELGIN and the schooner AUGUSTA.
      Woodcut engraving of the collision on Lake Michigan involving the steamboat LADY …
  • Marine News
    Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6     The propeller Alleghany broke her shaft off Point au Sauble and was towed to Milwaukee by the propeller Acme. She will be towed to Chicago for repairs.
    Evening Courier & Republic (Buffalo, NY), 15 Nov 1866, p. 3, column 6   The propeller Alleghany broke her shaft off Point au Sauble and was …
  • Shocking Accident
    St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 14 Aug 1827, p. 3     Shocking Accident .--A coroner's inquest was called on Sunday last, to examine the dead body of a man named Josiah Smith, in Prescott, who was employed as a fireman on board the Queenston Steamboat.
    St. Lawrence Gazette (Ogdensburg, NY), 14 Aug 1827, p. 3   Shocking Accident .--A coroner's inquest was called on Sunday last, to examine …
  • Buffalo Gazette (Buffalo, NY), 17 Dec 1816
        Melancholy if true.-- We learn by the western Mail Carrier, that an open boat some 2 or 3 weeks since left Erie for Detroit, with 3 men, 1 woman and 5 or 6 children on board. A few days afterwards th
      Melancholy if true.-- We learn by the western Mail Carrier, that an …
  • Buffalo Gazette (Buffalo, NY), 31 Dec 1816
        Erie, Dec. 14. Melancholy. --On the 15th of Nov. last, Mr. John Collier, his wife and two children, a young man named Anthony W. Rallye, and a sailor, whose name we have not heard, left this place in
      Erie, Dec. 14. Melancholy. --On the 15th of Nov. last, Mr. John …
  • Quick Trip with Injured Man
    Grand Rapids Press, 20 Jun 1908, p. 2     Quick Trip with Injured man. (Special to The Evening Press) Benton Harbor, June 20.-- Plowing through the waters of Lake Michigan as fast as steam will carry her is the salt barge Edward Buckley. The
    Grand Rapids Press, 20 Jun 1908, p. 2   Quick Trip with Injured man. (Special to The Evening Press) Benton Harbor, …
  • Melancholy Accident
    Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, NY), 15 Jun 1825     Melancholy Accident. - On Wednesday morning last, about 3 o'clock, a Miss Nancy Starkweather was suddenly killed by coming in contact with a canal bridge a few miles west of this town. She was on her
    Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, NY), 15 Jun 1825   Melancholy Accident. - On Wednesday morning last, about 3 o'clock, a Miss …
  • Large Break in the Canal
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 30 Apr 1853     A break occurred in the Erie Canal, near the village of Orville, about six miles east of this city, on Thursday, and so rapidly was the bank washed away, that in a short time about twenty feet of the
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 30 Apr 1853   A break occurred in the Erie Canal, near the village of Orville, …
  • Another Break in the Canal Break in the Canal.
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 10 May 1853     The Canal gave way about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, near Orville, at the place where the large break occurred a few days ago, and has caused nearly as bad a breach as the former one. About sixty or
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 10 May 1853   The Canal gave way about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, near Orville, at …
  • Another Break in the Canal Break in the Canal.
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 10 May 1853     The Canal gave way about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, near Orville, at the place where the large break occurred a few days ago, and has caused nearly as bad a breach as the former one. About sixty or
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 10 May 1853   The Canal gave way about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, near Orville, at …
  • Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 13 May 1853
        The Break at the Orville Aqueduct is entirely repaired, and boats are now passing quite rapidly. The first one which passed was the "E. Leaman," of Reding, at 12 o'clock Wednesday night. Business aga
      The Break at the Orville Aqueduct is entirely repaired, and boats are …
  • Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 23 May 1853
        On Thursday last, while the packet boat Norwich was making her regular trip between Jordan and Syracuse, she came in collision with a large, loaded boat and sunk in a short time. Mr. Carson, we under
      On Thursday last, while the packet boat Norwich was making her regular …
  • A Canal Break at Adams'  Basin
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 1 Jun 1853     A break occurred in the Erie Canal at 1 o'clock, on Sunday morning, at Kings and Adams' Basin, about 15 miles west of Rochester. A despatch to the Albany Journal states that a culvert has gone out wi
    Syracuse Journal (Syracuse, NY), 1 Jun 1853   A break occurred in the Erie Canal at 1 o'clock, on Sunday …
  • Serious Canal Break
    Buffalo Express (Buffalo, NY), 16 Sep 1882     Syracuse, Sept. 15. - There is a serious break in the Erie Canal near Camillus. Two boats were swept into the breach. One coal boat was broken in two. The berm bank is carried away 100 feet cutting o
    Buffalo Express (Buffalo, NY), 16 Sep 1882   Syracuse, Sept. 15. - There is a serious break in the Erie …
  • Accident to the Propeller Empire State
    Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), 1 Sep 1862, p. 4     ACCIDENT TO THE PROPELLER EMPIRE STATE. -- The propeller Empire State , on her last trip up from Buffalo, became disabled by an accident to her machinery which resulted in the breaking of her cylinde
    Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI), 1 Sep 1862, p. 4   ACCIDENT TO THE PROPELLER EMPIRE STATE. -- The propeller Empire State , …
  • Hero - Chieftain III Collision
    The Railway and Marine World (Toronto, ON: Acton Burrowes), November 1911, p. 1081     Following is a summary of the judgment, recently delivered, as a result of the enquiry by L. A. Demers, Wreck Commissioner, assisted by Capts. A. Reid and F. Nash and W. Gauthier, as assessors, into
    The Railway and Marine World (Toronto, ON: Acton Burrowes), November 1911, p. 1081   Following is a summary of the judgment, recently delivered, as a result …
  • 3 Workmen Entombed When Trestle Gives Way
on Barge Canal at Lyons
    Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), 30 Aug 1913     3 Workmen Entombed When Trestle Gives Way on Barge Canal at Lyons One Dead When Recovered and Two Badly Injured -- Name of Victim Unknown, Dumping Dirt Over Embankment. (Special to the Democrat and C
    Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), 30 Aug 1913   3 Workmen Entombed When Trestle Gives Way on Barge Canal at Lyons …
  • Accident to Algerian
    Down The Lane, The Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall, ON), 14 Aug 1939     [Excerpt from Down the Lane column by George Wilson from an 1894 copy of The Cornwall Freeholder] Accident To Algerian -- A rumor spread through Cornwall that the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Compa
    Down The Lane, The Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall, ON), 14 Aug 1939   [Excerpt from Down the Lane column by George Wilson from an 1894 …
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