Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-17

EARLY NAVIGATION OF TIE LAKEs.-The
following interesting sketch of the early
history of lake navigation is clipped from
the Detroit Press.
The steamboat Pioneer, one of the earliest
vessels on the lakes, was wrecked on Lake
Michigan on the 9th of July 1884, and her
crew and passengers was saved by the
schooner M~avenzo, Capt. Dingle:
TEE EARLY NAVIGATION OF TIE LAKES
The Sheldon Thompson, low pressure, 242
tons; Ohio LIST, high pressure, ls7 tons;
and the Adelaide (Britishl, came out in
1880. The Ohio LIST was built at Sandusky,
Ohio, and sunk in 1887. The Adelaide was
afterwards called the Eclipse, and, in 1888,
was seized for a violation of the revenue
laws, and her namc changed to Champlain.
She wss afterwards wrecked at New Buff
falo in 1910. a small steamer named the
Caroline, made her appearance in these
waters in 1884, and commenced plying be-
tween Buffalo and Niagara Falls. On the
outbreak of the Canadian rebellion, in 1887,
she was chartered, by some Canadian refu-
gees, to take supplies TO Navy Island, in
the Niagara river, and, on the night of the
18th of December, was cut out by a party
of British from Chippewa, C. w., taken from
Fort Sehlosser, set fire to, and sent over
Niagara Fails. Amos Durfee, a citizen of
Buffalo, was shot during the melee. The
Caroline came from Charleston, s. C. The
Gratiot, g tons burthen, high pressure, was
built at Charleston, Ohio, and came into
commission in 1881. She piled for a time
on the Detroit river TO different points, and
was subsequently, broken up. The Pennsyl-
vania, high pressure, 3e5 tons, was built at
Erie, Pa. The Gen. Brady, high pressure,
100 tons burthen, was built at Detroit. The
Uncle Sam, low pressure, $50 tons, was
built at Crosse Isle, Mich. The P~ersever-
ance, high pressure, and so tons burthen,
was built at Erie, Pa. These four last
named boats came out in 1882, the first
cholera year in this country.
The Uncle Sam was changed into a brig.
and served a short time under tina rig.
The Perseverance piled between Buffalo
and Niagara Falls, and afterwards returned
TO Erie. The Washington LIST, was built at
Huron, Ohio, and came out in 1888. She
was lost on Long Point, on her first trip out
from Buffalo. The New York having four
smoke-pipes, high-pressure, with two en-
gines, was 325 tons burthen, and built at
Block Rock, n. Y. She came out also in
1888. The same year the Michigan LIST,
with two w~alking-besm engines, was built
at Detroit. She was 472 tons burthen.
The Daniel Webster during the same year
came into commission, and was built at
Black Rock, y. Y, low-pressure. and 1858
tons. She was burned to the waters edge
on the night of the Ilth of January, 1885,
in Buffalo harbor, and rebuilt the same
winter. In after years she was cousidera-
bly, changed in appearance, and finally
condemned as unseaworthy. The Detroit
LIST was brought into commission in 1888,
and was built at Toledo, Ohio. She was 24O
tons burthen, and high-pressure. She was
wrecked at Southport Lake Michigan, in
1886.
The same year the Lady of the Lake, a
small steamer of 90 tons, made her debut,
high pressure, and built at Mount Clemens.
The same year the Gov. Marcy, I6I tons,
was built at Black Rock, and rebuilt at De-
troit in 1914. She was low-pressure. The
North America in the same year was built
at Connesut, Ohio, her tonnage was 1862,
and high pressure engine. She was subse-
quently rebuilt, and finally burned at Con-
neaut. The Oliver Newberry came into
commission the same year, was built at
Palmer river, st. Clair, ITO tons, and high
pressure. The Delaware, ITO tons, the same ]
year was built at Huron, Ohio, and was
high pressure also. She was wrecked near
Chicago on the 18th of June, 1886.