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  • Treasury Department, Fifth Auditor, Circular, 30 July 1842 forwarding letter of James P. Espy
    Treasury Department, Fifth Auditor, Circular, 30 July 1842 forwarding letter of James P. Espy Text
        Request from Professsor Espey that lighthouse keepers forward accounts of weather.
      Request from Professsor Espey that lighthouse keepers forward accounts of weather.
  • A Professor in the Great Gale of 1880: Schooner Days DCCLXIX (769)
    A Professor in the Great Gale of 1880: Schooner Days DCCLXIX (769) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 9 Nov 1946     A Professor in the Great Gale of 1880 Schooner Days DCCLXIX (769) by C. H. J. Snider SOU'-BY-EAST across the Lake Road from the lighthouse with all the old captains' names on it in ...
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 9 Nov 1946   A Professor in the Great Gale of 1880 Schooner Days DCCLXIX (769) …
  • Steamer Michigan, Capt. Blake, in a Gale on Lake Huron
    Steamer Michigan, Capt. Blake, in a Gale on Lake Huron Image
        The image is believed to have been produced in Detroit in the 1840s for publication in one of the local newspapers. This MICHIGAN was launched in 1833, served until 1847, and was broken up in 1853-54
      The image is believed to have been produced in Detroit in the …
  • Fall Storm at Port Dover, Canada
    Fall Storm at Port Dover, Canada Image
        Divided back. Postally unused.
      Divided back. Postally unused.
  • Pier at Erieau, Ont.
    Pier at Erieau, Ont. Image
        A real photo postcard of the Rondeau West Breakwater Light built at 1912 at Erieau, ON with the water breaking over it.
      A real photo postcard of the Rondeau West Breakwater Light built at …
  • Lake Disaster
    Lake Disaster NewspaperText
    Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 20 Nov 1837     Lake Disaster -- The severe wind of Wednesday night and Thursday of last week, caused some damage to the shipping of Lake Ontario, but as yet we have not heard of the loss of any lives. On Thursday m
    Oswego Palladium (Oswego, NY), 20 Nov 1837   Lake Disaster -- The severe wind of Wednesday night and Thursday of …
  • More of the Gale
    More of the Gale NewspaperText
    New York Herald, 28 Nov 1845, p. 2, column 5     MORE OF THE GALE.--Our barometrical report of Tuesday noon predicted "a gale near at hand," and that night there was heavy weather on the Lake. The schooner Elizabeth Ward was capsized near the "Midd
    New York Herald, 28 Nov 1845, p. 2, column 5   MORE OF THE GALE.--Our barometrical report of Tuesday noon predicted "a gale …
  • Steamer Turret Chief Is Pulled off Rocks
    Steamer Turret Chief Is Pulled off Rocks NewspaperText
    Toronto World, 15 Jul 1914, p. 11     Steamer Turret Chief Is Pulled off Rocks Canadian Press Despatch CALUMET, Mich., July 14.--After many weeks of effort, Captain Alexander Cunning and his crew of wreckers have succeeded in releasing t
    Toronto World, 15 Jul 1914, p. 11   Steamer Turret Chief Is Pulled off Rocks Canadian Press Despatch CALUMET, Mich., …
  • Lake Superior Lashed by Fifty-Mile Gale
    Lake Superior Lashed by Fifty-Mile Gale NewspaperText
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 10 Nov 1913, p. 1     Lake Superior Lashed by Fifty-Mile Gale Storm Ranging for the Past Thirty-six Hours Steamers Sheathed in Ice More Than Fifty Vessels Lying at Anchor Between Soo and Whitefish Point -- Necessary to Th
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 10 Nov 1913, p. 1   Lake Superior Lashed by Fifty-Mile Gale Storm Ranging for the Past Thirty-six …
  • Large Freighter Found Capsized
    Large Freighter Found Capsized NewspaperText
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 11 Nov 1913, p. 1     Large Freighter Found Capsized Floating in Lake Huron Bottom Upwards Not yet Identified Vessel May Have Been Abandoned During Gale of Sunday -- If She Turned Over With Crew Loss of Life Must be Large
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 11 Nov 1913, p. 1   Large Freighter Found Capsized Floating in Lake Huron Bottom Upwards Not yet …
  • Troubles at Kingston Harbor
    Troubles at Kingston Harbor NewspaperText
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 11 Nov 1913, p. 4     Troubles at Kingston Harbor Kingston. Nov. 10.-- Kingston received a good taste of the gale, which was the worst at this end of the lake that has been experienced in years. Two scows, laden with hay,
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 11 Nov 1913, p. 4   Troubles at Kingston Harbor Kingston. Nov. 10.-- Kingston received a good taste …
  • The Nottingham Aground
    The Nottingham Aground NewspaperText
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 12 Nov 1913, p. 1     THE NOTTINGHAM AGROUND Fort William, Ont., Nov. 11. -- A telegram was received by J. W. Wolvin, Manager of the Canadian Towing & Wrecking Company, to-day, stating that the steamer Nottingham and agro
    Globe (Toronto, ON), 12 Nov 1913, p. 1   THE NOTTINGHAM AGROUND Fort William, Ont., Nov. 11. -- A telegram was …
  • Schoonmaker Released
    Schoonmaker Released NewspaperText
    Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 18 Nov 1913, p. 7     SCHOONMAKE RELEASED SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont., Nov. 17.-- The wireless station here reports that the big freighter Schoonmaker, which ran ashore off Mission river, has been released by tugs. She was onl
    Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 18 Nov 1913, p. 7   SCHOONMAKE RELEASED SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont., Nov. 17.-- The wireless station here …
  • Great Gale on Lake Erie
    Great Gale on Lake Erie TextNewspaper
    Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), 13 Sep 1851     Great Gale on Lake Erie. Loss of Dan Rice's Circus. Mr. Frost, of the Burnet House, Cincinnati, who arrived here on the Express train, yesterday, from Buffalo, informs us that on Saturday night there
    Syracuse Daily Star (Syracuse, NY), 13 Sep 1851   Great Gale on Lake Erie. Loss of Dan Rice's Circus. Mr. Frost, …
  • Wreck of the "RAPID": Schooner Days DXI (511)
    Wreck of the "RAPID": Schooner Days DXI (511) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 Sep 1941     Wreck of the "RAPID" Schooner Days DXI (511) by C. H. J. Snider "ON Saturday a fearful gale prevailed on Lake Ontario." The statement is not The Telegram's, but a quotation ...
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 Sep 1941   Wreck of the "RAPID" Schooner Days DXI (511) by C. H. J. …
  • "Annavann" in the Great Gale of 1880: Schooner Days DCCLIV (754)
    "Annavann" in the Great Gale of 1880: Schooner Days DCCLIV (754) NewspaperText
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Jul 1946     "Annavann" in the Great Gale of 1880 Schooner Days DCCLIV (754) by C. H. J. Snider ON Guy Fawkes Day, Nov. 5th, 1880, having loaded 234,000 feet of lumber and shingles at Muskoka ...
    Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 Jul 1946   "Annavann" in the Great Gale of 1880 Schooner Days DCCLIV (754) by …
  • Steamer Windsor Entering Port in a Storm, Sodus Bay, N.Y.
    Steamer Windsor Entering Port in a Storm, Sodus Bay, N.Y. Image
        A coloured linen divided back postcard.
      A coloured linen divided back postcard.
  • Serious Disaster to the Schooner Sunbury
    Serious Disaster to the Schooner Sunbury NewspaperText
    Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 6 Sep 1862, p. 4     SERIOUS DISASTER TO THE SCHOONER SUNBURY. --The schooner Sunbury, of Buffalo, met with a serious disaster on the 15th ult. On Lake Superior, some eight miles off Eagle Harbor, the particulars of whic
    Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 6 Sep 1862, p. 4   SERIOUS DISASTER TO THE SCHOONER SUNBURY. --The schooner Sunbury, of Buffalo, met …
  • 25 to 40 Lives Probably Lost
    25 to 40 Lives Probably Lost NewspaperText
    Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), 11 Nov 1913, p. 1     25 to 40 Lives Probably Lost No Clue to Identity Of Overturned Boat, No Trace of Crew. Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 11--Early this forenoon no clue had yet been obtained as to the identity of the 600-foot
    Watertown Daily Times (Watertown, NY), 11 Nov 1913, p. 1   25 to 40 Lives Probably Lost No Clue to Identity Of Overturned …
  • Lights Ashore Not Visible to Vessel
    Lights Ashore Not Visible to Vessel NewspaperText
    Toronto World, 22 Nov 1913, p. 1     Lights Ashore Not Visible to Vessel Investigation Into Wreck of Turret Chief Shows Boat to Have Been Well Equipped and Seaworthy -- Storm Signals Not Ignored -- Crew's Hardships in Woods. (Special to
    Toronto World, 22 Nov 1913, p. 1   Lights Ashore Not Visible to Vessel Investigation Into Wreck of Turret Chief …
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