Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-04-16
business of the port, excepting that of
sawed lumber and slaves.
NAVIGATION

l. Tempest, small, built in 1912 Beni.
a. Napier, owner and master. Wrecked.
2. General Jackson burden, fifty tons;
built in 1915; Anan Harmon, owner;
Johnson, master At time of launch
Nelson Hubbard was drowned, little
son of Manoah Hubbard.
3. Superior burden, seventy.fiye tons
built in 1916; Anan Harmon, owner; j.
Richards, MASTER Rocked soon after
launching ane seven young men drowned.
viz, Amos Batchelder, Harvey Cook
Rollin Newell, VIM. Pratt, Keeicr. Hart
and Warner.
4. Eagle; burden, fifty tons; built in
1916; M. Hubbard and Amos Fisk
owners; Gaylord, master. Happy Jacks
foot cut off by coil of rope at launch.
ing-a fine Dutch sailor.
5. Maria; burden, thirty tons; built
in 1915; Gideon Leet, owner; Simpson.
master.
9. Elizabeth; burden, ten tons built
in 1917; Thomas Smith, owner; w.
Ilickox, master.
I. Traveller; burden, thirty.five tons
built in 1917; A. Harmon, owner; &.
Ii. Brown, master.
8. Zephyr; burden, twenty-four tons
built in 1918; H. Wilcox, VI. Hubbard,
l.. Smith, and J. B. Watrous, owners
Ii. Wilcox, master.
8. Sloop OHIO; burden, twenty tons
built in 1920; VIM. Whitman, owner
John Napier, master.
10. Columbus; burden, sixty-three
tons; built in 1926; Joseph and John
Napier, owners; John Napier, master.
IL. Telegraph; burden, fort y-four tons;
built in 1929; Joseph aud John Napier
and VIM. Whitman, owners; John
Napier, master.
II. K. Whittlesey; burden, fifty tons ;
built in 1881 Joy, Webster, A. Fisk,
w. Watrous, Joab Austin, Hubbard and
Field, owners; w. Iicox, master.
Sunk of Elk Greek. Two of her crew
and six passengers lost-vessel raised
again.
l3. Nehemiah Hubbard; burden,
ninety-two tons; built IN 1882; JOY,
Webster, Hubbard, Field, and Ii. J.
Rus, owners; J. Blair, master
IA. Parrot; burden, twenty tons;
built in 1882; VIM. Whitman, owner;
Chas. Woodwork, master. Rebuilt and
enlarged to thirty tons by Hubbard &c
Parsons in 1896. Col William Humph-
rey chartered this vessel the same year
to transport live hogs and other proper
ty to Detroit, with Capt. J. Booth and
fur seamen to navigate her. In a gale,
not far above Ashtabula, on the mig lit of
June 1lth, 1886, the vessel was lost and
all on board perished The bodies of
MIR. Humphrey and most OF the others
were found and inferred. He was an ell
terprising, good citizen.
l6. Warren burden, sixty-five tons
built in 1884 ; Joy 81 Webster, J. Austin,
w. A. Otis, G. w. St. John, Hubbard
q Field, and w. Watrous, owners; w.
Hicox, master.
IL. Atlas; burden, forty-seven tons
built in 1884: Joy & Webster, Nj.
Watrous, A. Field, w. A. Otis, j. Booth,
and IL u Z. Smith, owners q. Shepard,
master.
H. Adelaide; burden, seventy-four
tons; built in 1887; Edwin Harmon,
owner; l.. Shepard, manter.
Is. Steamer Washington burden, $50
tons built in 1888 owned by a charter
ed company; N. w. Brown, master
Burnt off Scion creek-sixty lives lost.
"A severe loss to the company and to
Ashtabula.
10. Sloop Emma burden, about thirty
tons; built in l94O; James Blair, owner
and master.
20. Windham; burden, l3S tons; built
in lS43; Kinney & Shepard, owners;
Orson Shepard, master.
2l. Bennington; burden, lOl tons;
built in 1874 Beach 81 Co., Z. Thayer,
J. Thomas, and M. Watrous, owners;
Calvin Thayer, master.
%. Brig j. II. Gddngs; burden, 253
tons; built i'll ls45; III. Sammis, owner;
X. Yates, master.
23. Cadet; burden, seventy-fve tons
built in lS45; NJ. Watrous and G. A.
Thayer, owners G. A. Thayer, master
"a. Dahlia; burden, 2l0 tons; built in
ls45 Geo. ID. Largo, owner; L. Shepard,
master.
25 Oleander; burden, 27O tons; built
in 1916; Edwin Harmon, owner; NJ. w.
Humphrey, master.
49, Constellation; burden, 27O tons
built in ls4o; Sammis S Co., owner;
Sanmis, master.
27. Brig Chicago; burden, 23o tons;
built in ls47; Fargo S Haddock, owners;
S. Bigelow, master.
2s. Signal; burden, 1874 tons built in
1847 Watrous q Brown, owners N.
w. Brown, master.
20. Pilot burden, $50 tons; built in
ls4s; Watrous u Thayer, owners; G.
A. Tbayer, master.
80. Ashtabula; burden, l3O tons built
in 1852; Beecher, Seymour & Co., OWN
ers; S. B. Hall, master.
81. Artic burden, 247; built i'll 1853
Harmon d. Pratt, owners S. Hratt,
master.
32. America burden, lls tons; built
in 1858; G. A. Thayer, Wm. Humphrey,
K. Bnrnet, owners; G. A. Thayer, mas
ter. -r
2s. K. G. Gary burden, 100 tons
built in 1854, for parties in Chicago.
Continued aeSt 7oeek.)
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