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- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 25 Mar 1933 "ALEXANDER" ABROAD SCHOONER DAYS LXXXI (81) Continuing the adventure story of the Muir Brothers and their drydock, comes the voyaging of the first vessel they built on Lake Ontario and sent overseasSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 25 Mar 1933 "ALEXANDER" ABROAD SCHOONER DAYS LXXXI (81) Continuing the adventure story of the …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Apr 1933 OCEAN WAVE and Cherry Valley Schooner Days LXXXII (82) TWO WEEKS from to-morrow, on the 23rd of April, when the Prince Edward county sailors will be beginning a new season, there will be one more ofSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 1 Apr 1933 OCEAN WAVE and Cherry Valley Schooner Days LXXXII (82) TWO WEEKS from …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Apr 1933 Sunday Scorching Schooner Days LXXXIII (83) Seventy-eight years ago this Easter Sunday Port Credit was swept by its first great fire. Seventy-eight years is a long time, and yet Abram Block, J. P., pSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Apr 1933 Sunday Scorching Schooner Days LXXXIII (83) Seventy-eight years ago this Easter Sunday …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Apr 1933 "PLEASE, GRANDMA TAKE CARE OF MY BABY" Schooner Days LXXXIV. (84) Prince Edward is an old settled county, mainly of United Empire Loyalist stock, and the cemetery at Cherry Valley looks like that ofSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Apr 1933 "PLEASE, GRANDMA TAKE CARE OF MY BABY" Schooner Days LXXXIV. (84) Prince …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Apr 1933 Dalhousie to Dublin Schooner Days LXXXV (85) Resuming the history of the Muir Brothers, whose famous drydock at Port Dalhousie, built in 1850, is still a going concern, we come to their "barque" NiagSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Apr 1933 Dalhousie to Dublin Schooner Days LXXXV (85) Resuming the history of the …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 May 1933 Great "A" Fleet Schooner Days LXXXVI. (86) All the vessels built by the Muir Brothers at Port Dalhousie on their own account had names beginning with "A." The only exceptions in the Muir fleet were tSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 6 May 1933 Great "A" Fleet Schooner Days LXXXVI. (86) All the vessels built by …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 13 May 1933 The ARK Schooner Days LXXXVII (87) There is a story with whiskers on it that a certain sea captain once picked up a turtle swimming in the sea off the Galapagos, and on the turtle's back was a cuneifSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 13 May 1933 The ARK Schooner Days LXXXVII (87) There is a story with whiskers …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 May 1933 More About Muirs' SCHOONER DAYS LXXXVIII (88) Continuing the tale of the dynamic Alexander and his sturdy brethren, who made Port Dalhousie famous by their shipyard and drydock, we come upon their baSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 20 May 1933 More About Muirs' SCHOONER DAYS LXXXVIII (88) Continuing the tale of the …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 May 1933 "TA PLEWNOCE" Schooner DAYS LXXXIX (89) That's what the older folks call the Bluenose down home in Lunenburg, although it is as much as your life is worth to try to mimic the pleasing local accent. LSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 27 May 1933 "TA PLEWNOCE" Schooner DAYS LXXXIX (89) That's what the older folks call …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Jun 1933 "Port Muir" Schooner Days XC (90) It has been suggested, and with reason, that a suitable recognition of the enterprise of the Muir brothers, pioneer lake mariners, who did so much to develop the marSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 3 Jun 1933 "Port Muir" Schooner Days XC (90) It has been suggested, and with …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Jun 1933 "Agreed by all Hands" Schooner Days, XCI (91) "Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity" sang the Psalmist. The five Muir Brothers, whose Port Dalhousie drydSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 10 Jun 1933 "Agreed by all Hands" Schooner Days, XCI (91) "Behold how good and …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Jun 1933 "Blue Banner of the Covenant" Schooner Days XCII (92) How its faraway influence worked out in the operation of the famous Muir Brothers' drydock at Port Dalhousie. ALL the Muirs were ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 17 Jun 1933 "Blue Banner of the Covenant" Schooner Days XCII (92) How its faraway …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Jun 1933 TIGHT FIST BUT BIG HEART Schooner Days XCIII. (93) ALL his life a dollar looked large to Alexander Muir. Every dollar he had came with the sweat of his back as well as his brow. But he was generous.Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 24 Jun 1933 TIGHT FIST BUT BIG HEART Schooner Days XCIII. (93) ALL his life …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 30 Jun 1933 How The Picton Passed out Schooner Days XCIV (94) There were two Pictons on Lake Ontario, the old iron steamer so re-named (wasn't she the Magnet originally[ed: Corsican]) and the schooner. Both wereSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 30 Jun 1933 How The Picton Passed out Schooner Days XCIV (94) There were two …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 Jul 1933 End of the Edward Blake Schooner Days XCV (95) And some others as well. That invaluable correspondent, John Rudolph Redfern Macdonald, Goderich fisherman, better and more briefly known as "Red," comeSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 8 Jul 1933 End of the Edward Blake Schooner Days XCV (95) And some others …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Jul 1933 Crowds and Sites Schooner Days XCVI (96) Relieve the man for'ard and look out for lights and squalls. It is the Old Man's watch below and the Doctor takes a trick at the wheel. IN the ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 15 Jul 1933 Crowds and Sites Schooner Days XCVI (96) Relieve the man for'ard and …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Jul 1933 A SCHOONER SCOW AND A THOROUGHBRED Schooner Days XCVII (97) The Doctor's trick at the wheel is not yet out. The Old Man is still below and pounding his ear. Here is a yarn about a hooker that was ...Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 22 Jul 1933 A SCHOONER SCOW AND A THOROUGHBRED Schooner Days XCVII (97) The Doctor's …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Jul 1933 Patchwork Hooker of Long Point Bay Schooner Days XCVIII (98) WHITBY town council has decreed that the remnants of the wreck of the little schooner, Island Queen, must be removed from Whitby harbor. TSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 29 Jul 1933 Patchwork Hooker of Long Point Bay Schooner Days XCVIII (98) WHITBY town …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 Aug 1933 Slow and Sluggish But "Good News" withal Schooner Days XCIX (99) Like many another stonehooker, the Good News was built for better things. When her keel was laid by the brothers Ganley, her buildersSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 5 Aug 1933 Slow and Sluggish But "Good News" withal Schooner Days XCIX (99) Like …
- Snider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Aug 1933 Don Dry Dock has Wandered 1,000 Miles Schooner Days C. (100) IT was a long pull and a strong pull. It started at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and continued for two weeks and ended at Toronto. It was accoSnider, C. H. J., Toronto Telegram (Toronto, ON), 12 Aug 1933 Don Dry Dock has Wandered 1,000 Miles Schooner Days C. (100) IT …
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