by import | November 27, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1866 The Oswego Advertiser & Times reported that the schooner HENRY FITZHUGH arrived at Oswego, New York with 17,700 bushels of wheat from Milwaukee. Her skipper was Captain Cal Becker. The round trip took 23 days, which was considered “pretty fast...
by import | November 26, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1853 ALBANY (wooden side wheel passenger/package freight, 202 foot, 669 tons, built in 1846, at Detroit, Michigan) was carrying passengers and miscellaneous cargo in a storm on Lake Huron.. She was making for the shelter of Presque Isle harbor when the gale drove her...
by import | November 25, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1857 ANTELOPE (wooden schooner, 220 tons, built in 1854, at Port Robinson, Ontario) was driven ashore by a gale near St. Joseph, Michigan. Five lives were lost. She was recovered the next year and rebuilt. 1866 F. W. BACKUS (wooden propeller, 133 foot, 289 tons, built...
by import | November 24, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1874 NEPTUNE (wooden propeller, 185 foot, 774 gross tons, built in 1856, at Buffalo, New York) was laid up at East Saginaw, Michigan, when she was discovered to be on fire at about 4:00 a.m. She burned to a total loss. 1881 LAKE ERIE (wooden propeller canaller, 136...
by import | November 23, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1853 The wooden schooner PALESTINE was bound from Kingston to Cleveland with railroad iron at about the same time as the like-laden schooner ONTONAGON. Eight miles west of Rochester, New York, both vessels ran ashore, were pounded heavily by the waves and sank. Both...
