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The Free Trader was 80 feet and 52 tons, built at Milwaukee in 1843.The Free Trader was 80 feet and 52 tons, built at Milwaukee …- Lightning strikes to lakes ships were fairly common, being reported four or five times a year. Though there are a fewreported instances of vessels being destroyed by a stroke, the results were usuallLightning strikes to lakes ships were fairly common, being reported four or …
- Capt. James Scott, of Oswego, some years ago, when in command of the schooner Cornwall, befriended a lad named Corrigan. The latter subsequently amassed a fortune in the oil business, and his aim hadCapt. James Scott, of Oswego, some years ago, when in command of …
- EXPENSES OF A VOYAGE TO ENGLAND. - Some time since at the request of one of the largest vessel owners of this city, Capt. T. A. Burke, who commanded the Alice, we believe, in her late trip to LiverpoEXPENSES OF A VOYAGE TO ENGLAND. - Some time since at the …
- AT CHICAGO . . . The Glad Tidings was to have been launched on Wednesday afternoon, with appropriate religious exercises. The Glad Tidings is a neat little craft of twenty-one tons measurement. Her lAT CHICAGO . . . The Glad Tidings was to have been …
- THAT WHALE. - A white whale is on its route from the seaboard to Chicago via the Erie Canal. His whaleship was started from New York in the hold of a canal boat, and is expected to reach Buffalo theTHAT WHALE. - A white whale is on its route from the …
- Messrs. Church and Hill, the divers at work on the wreck of the steamer Merchant, lost on Racine Reef in 1875, report that they have recovered the cylinder with all attachments; also a piece on her iMessrs. Church and Hill, the divers at work on the wreck of …
- THE PROPELLER MERCHANT. - The most important parts of the engine of the Merchant have been recovered, viz.; the cylinder, engine frame, bedplate, pillow blocks, crank, eccentrics, shaft, brasses, keyTHE PROPELLER MERCHANT. - The most important parts of the engine of …
- Mr. O. B. Green, the harbor contractor, has invented a sand pump, which, upon trial, is pronounced the most successful invention of the kind ever known. Mr. Green has expended $60,000 in his experimeMr. O. B. Green, the harbor contractor, has invented a sand pump, …
- At Kingston: Three large iron tanks are being placed in the three-masted schooner Fanny Campbell, which has been bought for the coal-oil trade. The schooner will not be likely to do anything in the nAt Kingston: Three large iron tanks are being placed in the three-masted …
