Lake Ontario

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Title Page
[Introduction]
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Ontario
Lake Champlain
Vessels Now on the Stocks and to be in Commission in 1855.
Summary of Marine Disasters and Loss of Property on the Lakes for the past Seven Years.
[Buffalo Vessels]
Marine Disasters and loss of Life and Property on the Lakes for the Year 1854

Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in The District of Niagara for 1854
Steamers
Name Tonnage
Maid of the Mist 128.17
Schooners
Bloomer 63.21
Emblem 167.31
Frank Pierce 160.93
Gov. Hunt 186.70
Niagara 121.43
Montgomery 68.59
Niagara Total Tonnage 868.32
Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in The District of Genesee for 1854
Propellers
Name Tonnage
Genesee 128.17
Schooners
Free Trader 46.36
Sodus 58.42
Challenge 150.34
Commerce 80.84
John. F. Morley 144.77
Daniel Webster 121.25
Charlotte 119.52
Galloe 63.76
Genesee Total Tonnage 913.63
Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in The District of Oswego for 1854
Steamers
Name Tonnage
Ontario 832
Rochester 354
Northerner 905
S. Schuyler 24
Propellers
St. Nicholas 372
Cincinnati 366
Jefferson 344
Kentucky 366
Louisville 366
N. Robins 93
J. E. Mulford 54
Coaster 70
Barques
Pathfinder 325
Norman 345
Indiana 354
Danube 369
Grace Greenwood 377
Great West 360
Brigs
Algomah 369
H. Wheaton 158
Champlain 270
Seminole 242
Hampton 238
Manhattan 143
Canton 219
Ashland 201
H. H. Sizer 240
Arabian 350
Schooners
Saratogo 150
Seneca 229
Fairfield 223
Cayuga 232
Gem 85
Gazelle 93
J. E. Rogers 76
R. F. Wilson 63
Constitution 52
H. Doviel 67
Wayne 80
Acorn 125
Liverpool 126
Western 122
Oregon 142
Albany 107
Little Sodus 43
G. W. Weeks 116
Argyle 104
Carlton 135
Young Leopard 105
W. S. Malcome 120
Austria 114
Hudson 128
John Oades 143
Charles Smith 49
L. Goler 95
New Haven 34
Andover 190
Hamilton 255
Minesota 216
Cherokee 216
Coral 216
Saxon 285
Albion 215
Welland 198
Scotland 187
New World 85
Isaac Walton 24
Josephine 132
Toledo 136
Enterprise 24
Isabel 88
Somerset 116
Pilot 124
Arcadia 282
Cincinnati 180
Ocean 257
Sylph 181
Plymouth Rock 243
Merimac 269
Belle Sheridan 265
Mellrose 267
Astralia 161
Potomac 191
A. L. Hoselton 226
Raleigh 219
Empire State 257
Hungarian 364
Carrington 275
Oriental 270
Queen of the West 292
Napoleon 150
Oregon 158
Robert Wood 150
Buena Vista 193
Comely 248
Thrnton 355
Syracuse 301
Ottawa 59
Isabella 59
Sodus 55
Nightengale 39
Anawm 88
Lafayette 111
Caroline Ames 142
Galloe 38
Sirius 266
Roman 207
Henry Clay 173
D. Williams 82
T. Wiman 196
Colerain 212
Conquest 183
J. B. Collins 71
Maple Leaf 299
J. Harbridge 159
Virginia 170
Wave 52
Pierpont 182
Charles Crooks 148
Oswego Total Tonnage 24,611
Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in The District Oswagatchie for 1854
Steamers
Name Tonnage
O. S. Howard 63.39
Cataract 577.29
Bay State 934.67
Niagara 472.33
New York 995.02
Barques
City 340.70
Brigs
Mayflower 209.21
Schooners
Sky Lark 146.56
S. P. Johnson 62.05
Northerner 92.20
Rio Grand 252.00
Magnet 63.36
0swagatchie Total Tonnage 4209.87
Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in The District of Cape Vincent for 1854
Propellers
Bay State 372.04
Barques
Clayton 38l.05
America 347.58
Waverly 344.57
Northern Light 366.18
Sovereign of the Lakes 366.18
Brigs
New York 303.77
Iroquois 256.90
Schooners
Floating Cloud 367.10
Montezuma 276.40
Mountaineer 201.38
Patrick Henry 196.33
Reindeer 233.59
Oneida Chief 266.48
Utica 157.11
Marshfield 282.88
Fairfield 223.08
Allegan 103.70
Mary 47.60
Nekick 39.75
P. P. Gage 109.57
Sloop Grey Hound 59.23
Sloop Eagle 41.62
Cape Vincent Total Tonnage 5143.46
Vessels Enrolled and Licensed in The District of Sackets Harbor for 1854
Barques
Name Tonnage
Sonoro 368.32
Col. E. Camp 356.42
Schooners
A. Ford
White Pigeon
Mobile
Minerva
Orion
Fashion
J. C. Riggs 171.52
Mary 47.60
Orin 50.52
Utica 25.66
Major Kirby
Sacket's Harbor Total Tonnage 1,816.79

 

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The Democracy , a Buffalo N.Y. newspaper printed the articles "Tonnage On the Lakes," on the above date, however, the "Casualty List" was not included, but was published as an EXTRA sheet with the Feb 28, 1855 date, and was presumably sold separately. The newspaper ran from mid-1854 to mid-1855.