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  • The rescue of two ladies and a gentleman from the wreck of the wheel
    The rescue of two ladies and a gentleman from the wreck of the wheel Image
        Woodcut engraving of the rescue of two ladies and a gentleman from the wreck of the wheel of the Michigan Southern Railroad Company's steamboat NORTHERN INDIANA as she burned off Pelee in Lake Erie o
      Woodcut engraving of the rescue of two ladies and a gentleman from …
  • McDonagh jumping into the water with the life-preservers
    McDonagh jumping into the water with the life-preservers Image
        Woodcut engraving of McDonagh jumping into the water with the life-preservers from the Michigan Central Railroad steamboat MISSISSIPPI as the Michigan Southern Railroad Company's steamboat NORTHERN I
      Woodcut engraving of McDonagh jumping into the water with the life-preservers from …
  • Pushing the women overboard who were too much terrified to make the leap
    Pushing the women overboard who were too much terrified to make the leap Image
        Woodcut engraving of pushing some of the female passengers of the the Michigan Southern Railroad Company's steamboat NORTHERN INDIANA into the Lake as she burned off Pelee in Lake Erie on 17 July 185
      Woodcut engraving of pushing some of the female passengers of the the …
  • Heroism Rewarded
    Heroism Rewarded NewspaperText
    Port Huron Daily Times (Port Huron, MI), 22 Mar 1877     Heroism Rewarded During the severe gale of November last the steamer City of New York foundered on Lake Huron, the crew, 16 in number, leaving the wreck in an open boat, with scarcely a prospect of r
    Port Huron Daily Times (Port Huron, MI), 22 Mar 1877   Heroism Rewarded During the severe gale of November last the steamer City …
  • The Black NEMESIS: Schooner Days CLXXIII (173)
    The Black NEMESIS: Schooner Days CLXXIII (173) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 2 Feb 1935     The Black NEMESIS Schooner Days CLXXIII (173) ___ HAVE you ever heard of the Nemesis? Not the Greek idea of retribution, but the Lake Huron schooner of that name? I hadn't, either, until friend Alber
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram, 2 Feb 1935   The Black NEMESIS Schooner Days CLXXIII (173) ___ HAVE you ever heard …
  • Wrecking of the Walk-in-the-Water, November 1, 1821
    Wrecking of the Walk-in-the-Water, November 1, 1821 Image
        Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
      Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume …

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