Schooner H. S. Fairchilds, cargo wheat, sunk in Lake Erie by collision with schooner Harvest Home, above Long Point; total loss.

Schooner Gem, cargo coal, ashore in Pigeon Bay; total loss.

Schooner Major Anderson, cargo railroad iron, ashore at Two Rivers; total loss.

Propeller Mohawk, bound down, ashore ten miles below Point Aux Barques; threw over deck load of flour and got off.

Propeller barge Evergreen City, lost a tow of barges on Lake Huron; recovered.

Bark Glenbulah, destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Bark Valetta, destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Schooner Stampede, destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Bark A. P. Nichols, damaged also by Chicago fire.

Bark Fontanelle, destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Schooner C. Nilsson (new), destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Schooner Alnwick, destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Propeller Winslow, grounded in Detroit River; lightered up.

Schooner Victoria, ashore on Ford's Shoals, cargo grain; total loss.

Schooner W. S. Lyons, on White Shoals, cargo ore; total loss.

Schooner R. P. Mason, cargo supplies, ashore near Leland; total loss.

Schooner Jas. Garrett, cargo lumber, ashore at Beaver Island; got off.

Schooner Seneca Chief, destroyed by Manistee fire; total loss.

Steam barge Jarecki, lost both anchors and chains off the Foxes, Lake Michigan.

Schooner L. Vanvalkenburg, ashore at Presque Isle, Lake Huron, jettisoned 8,000 bushels; got off.

Schooner La Petite, cargo lumber, capsized in Lake Huron; crew saved, vessel total loss.

Schooner Levant, wrecked off Sheboygan; crew lost one, vessel total loss.

Tug Dispatch, ashore with five barges at Port Austin; latter saved, tug total loss.

Propeller Dunkirk, lost a tow of barges in Saginaw Bay; recovered.

Propeller Jenness, lost two barges in Saginaw Bay; recovered.

Propeller Lowell, ashore on Long Point, threw over 500 bbls. flour and 100 bbls pork; got off.

Schooner J. S. Minor, cargo of oats, ashore at Kincardine; total loss.

Schooner D. Ferguson, cargo wheat, ashore same place; cargo toal loss, vessel off.

Tug Satellite, broke her wheel near Malden by striking the bottom.

Schooner American Union, damaged by collision with an unknown vessel in the Straits.

Barge Forrester, with a cargo of lumber, waterlogged on Lake Huron.

Schooner Dolphin, cargo wood, dismasted by collision on Lake Michigan.

Schooner J. Bigler, arrives at Milwaukee damaged in collision with an unknown craft.

Scow Mermaid, cargo lumber, lost deck load and all her sails on Lake Michigan.

Schooner E. Quinlan, threw over deck load of lumber in Lake Ontario.

Schooner Caledonia, ashore on Gull Bar, Lake Ontario, got off.

Schooner L. L. Lamb, on the White Shoals and full of water; got off.

Schooner L. M. Mason, on the beach near Leland; got off.

Propeller R. G. Coburn, from Lake Superior, foundered on Saginaw Bay with a loss of about 45 lives.

Schooner Excelsior, cargo wheat, foundered on Lake Huron; all lost save one.

Schooner John Burt, wrecked at Leland, Lake Michigan, total loss.

Schooner H. C. Winslow, capsized by a squall on Lake Michigan; got into port.

Schooner Geo. J. Whitney, cargo coal, on Sugar Island, Lake Michigan; total loss.

Propeller Empire, on Point Aux Barques; jettisoned and got off.

Schooner Clayton Belle, ashore at Presque Isle, jettisoned 3,500 bushels wheat; got off.

Schooners Imperial and Eleanor collide on Lake Huron; both damaged.

Schooner Mary Hattie, lost deck load lumber, flying jib and big anchor on Lake Huron.

Schooner Major Ferry, ashore at Black Creek, Lake Michigan; pulled off.

Schooner Morning Light, ashore near Detour, cargo ore; got off badly damaged.

Propeller Union, threw over deck load of flour in Saginaw Bay.

Brig Montezuma, lost deck load of lumber on Lake Huron.

Schooner Lucy Auchard, cargo poles, ashore at same place; got off.

Schooner Mary Thompson, cargo grain, ashore at same place; got off.

Schooner Wallace, cargo coal, ashore at Put-in-Bay; got off.

Bark Saginaw, cargo staves, sunk at Buffalo; got up.

Schooner Cascaden, ashore near Cape Hurd, Lake Huron; total loss.

Schooner George Worthington, threw over deck-load of lumber on Lake Huron.

Schooner Kingfisher, ashore at the Clay Banks; got off.

Schooner W. Fiske, ashore at Cockburn Island, Georgian Bay; got off.

Schooner Mary Thompson, cargo grain, ashore near Kincardine; got off.

Schooner Phebe Catherine, ashore at Howe Island, Lake Ontario.

Schooner Consuelo, ashore at same place; total loss.

Bark J. C. King, struck on Windmill Point and sunk in Buffalo harbor; raised.

Schooner Olivia, capsized on Lake Ontario; one life lost; vessel a total loss.

Schooner Shickaluna, lost deck-load of lumber and outfit on Lake Ontario.

Schooner Morning Light, cargo of ore, lost anchor and outfit on Lake Huron.

Scow Ida and Mary, ashore at Sugar Island and lost outfit; got off.

Schooner Miami and steam barge Westford collide at Port Colborne; latter dismasted.

Schooner Cuyahoga, ashore at Escanaba; total loss.

Propeller Navarino, destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Schooner Eclipse, destroyed by Chicago fire; total loss.

Schooner Defiance, ashore near Genesee River, and schooner Groton at Nine Mile Point.

Schooner Col. Heg, lost bowsprit and outfit at Chicago.

Schooner H. A. Richmond, ashore in Detroit River, and schooner Melvina at Clay Banks; got off.

Schooner C. Hinckley, lost jibboom and outfit by heavy weather on Lake Erie.

Schooner E. B. Allen, ashore at Frankfort, and propeller Japan on Peach Island; both off.

Scow E. Masters, lost deck-load lumber on Lake Ontario.

Two Peshtigo lumber barges, burned by Chicago fire; total losses.

Schooner Eliza Logan, cargo wheat, sunk off Erie; vessel and two lives lost.

Schooner Ontario, cargo coal, ashore near Goderich; got off.

Schooner H. E. Mussey, ran foul of a dock at Grand Traverse and sunk; total loss.

Scow Furies, cargo bark, ashore at Frankfort, Lake Michigan; got off.

Schooner Fearless, ashore at Kewaunee, Lake Michigan; got off.

Propeller Annie Horton, ashore at Kincardine; total loss.

Propeller Empire State, ashore at Recors with four feet of water in her; got off.

Schooner L. L. Lamb, collided with schooner Painsville at Port Huron; both damaged.

Schooner Lillie parsons, cargo railroad iron, ashore at Point au Pellee; got off.

Propeller Dean Richmond, cargo wheat, burned in Mud lake; total loss, with one life.

Tug Eclipse, burned while at Lakeport dock; total loss.

Schooner Algerine, cargo coal, arrives at Detroit badly disabled in outfit.

Propeller Scotia, cargo merchandise, sunk in Lachine Canal; got up.

Propeller S. D. Caldwell, on Graham Shoals; got off.

Schooner Maggie Thompson, cargo grain, sprung aleak and sunk at Port Huron; got up.

Lighter Monitor, laden with lumber, sunk in Saginaw River; got up.

Schooner AEtna, cargo grain, ashore at Port Hope, Lake Huron; got off.

Brig Frontier City, on a bar mouth of River Thames; got off, after a month's delay.

Schooner Escanaba, damaged by collision with an unknown vessel on Lake Huron.

Scow American Eagle, cargo stone, ashore at Cleveland; total loss.

The Russian lost her yawl while on the passage down from Chicago.

Propeller Galena, ashore on Tawas Point; lightered off.

Schooner G. L. Newman, ashore in Green Bay, and scow Pendleton at Holland; got off.

Bark T. B. Rice, cargo corn, ashore at Dunkirk: vessel and cargo damaged.

Bark Monarch, lost mainsail and jibs in a gale on Lake Erie.

Schooner Elm City, damaged by collision with a propeller at Buffalo.

Schooner S. S. Osborne, damaged by striking Erie breakwater.

Propeller Japan, run on Fighting Island in a fog; lightered off.

Propeller Rocket, broke cylinder and engine on Lake Huron; large repairs at Detroit.

Propeller Fountain City, two days aground at Recors, St. Clair River.

Str Aunt Betsey, lost smoke stack and damaged upper works in a gale on Lake Michigan.

Bark Summer Cloud, lost mainboom, and schooner A. Sherwood jibboom, on Lake Michigan.

Schooner Advance, cargo barley, ashore on Nicholson Island, Lake Ontario; got off.

Schooner Havana, lost centreboard, jibboom and foretopmast by heavy weather on Lake Michigan.

Schooner Senator, lost mainboom and sprung aleak in same gale, on Lake Michigan.

Bark Sunnyside, lost her yawl and sustained other damage on Lake Michigan.

Tug Torrent, towed to Detroit with rudder disabled.

Bark Massilon, cargo ore, sunk in Sault Canal; got up.

Schooner W. F. Allen, lost her yawl and damaged cargo in a gale on Lake Huron.

Schooner Monitor, ashore in the Straits, cargo ore; lightered.

Schooner Plover, cargo wheat, sunk in Lake Superior; total loss, crew saved.

Scow Mendota, lost her yawl and damaged in outfit off Sheboygan.

Schooner Athenian, cargo grain, lost big anchor and damaged in hull on Lake Huron.

Schooner R. C. Crawford, lost her rudder on Lake Huron; towed to port.

Schooner H. P. Baldwin, lost two gaffs, yawl and davits on Lake Michigan.

Schooner S. P. Ely, lost maingaff, and schooner Nevada mainboom, on Lake Michigan.

Scow Ellen Doak, lost most of her sails in a squall on Lake Michigan.

Schooner Sam Flint, cargo grain, disabled on Saginaw Bay; towed inside.

Schooner Ironsides, damaged by collision with unknown propeller on Lake Huron.

Schooner City of Sheboygan, ashore mouth of the Detroit River; lightered off.

Str Corsican, collided with propeller Bruno on Lake Ontario; both damaged.

Brig Mechanic, cargo grain, damaged in outfit on Lake Michigan.

Schooner Delos DeWolf, cargo grain, sprung aleak in the Straits.

Schooner Exile, ashore in Hammond's Bay; damaged bottom, causing a leak.

Scow E. F. Gain, broke adrift from a tow on Lake Huron, ; got in the river.

Barge S. Clement, broke her steering gear, and repaired at Detroit.

Scow Louisa, ashore at Buffalo; lightered off.

Schooner D. R. Martin, cargo lumber, sprung aleak on Lake Michigan.

Schooner Northern Belle, lost centreboard, rudder and canvas off Point Betsey; towed to Chicago.

Schooner Kenosha, ashore at Present Island, and schooner Petrel ashore near Muskegon; got off.

Bark Massilon, her yawl smashed and taffrail broken by collision in Detroit River.

Scow Planet, knocked hole in her by striking Manistee pier.

Bark H. Bissell and schooner A. J. Rogers collide at the Flats; both damaged.

A tow of vessels get aground on Peach Island; lightered off.

Schooner Orion, cargo railroad iron, ashore near Chicago; lightered off.

Bark Red, White and Blue, cargo wheat, ashore at the Beavers; pulled off.

Schooner G. D. Dousman, cargo railroad iron, ashore at Point au Pellee; got off.

Schooner Bismarck, ashore near Sheboygan; lightered off.

Schooner Cossack, damaged by collision at the Flats.

Schooner A. Ford, sprung a bad leak in Welland Canal.

Propeller Birckhead, broke her wheel at Saginaw while towing barges.

Tug Zouave, lost rudder in Lake Erie, and was towed to Detroit.

Schooner Dolphin, cargo lumber, ashore at Sheboygan; lightered off.

Propeller Mendota, arrives at Detroit disabled in machinery.

Propellers China and Potomac, run on a wreck at Bar Point, returned to Detroit.

Bark A. P. Nichols, damaged in hull on Lake Huron, and schooner J. O. Moss lost mainboom in Lake Erie.

Bark Golden Fleece runs back to Buffalo damaged in sails and rigging.

Tug Samson and schooner Kingfisher, damaged by collision at the Flats.

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