[Buffalo Vessels]

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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

The following list will show the names, tonnage and value of new vessels which have been built during the year 1854, and added to the tonnage of the District of Buffalo Creek.

Tons Value
Propellers Oriental 950.75 $55,000
Toledo 846.40 $45,000
Sun 581.21 $30,000
Mt. Vernon 577.77 25,000
H Morton 144.55 $16,000
Wm. Peck 172.75 $12,000
Little Eva 20.40 $5.000
Barques Great West 765.53 $25,000
Sunshine 516.62 $20,000
Jesse Hoyt 472.12 $18,000
Brig Emire State 336.67 $16,000
Schooners Arab 204.11 $8,000
Energy 392.09 $12,000
Grand Turk 327.42 $12,000
Autocrat 345.15 $12,000
International 389.00 $12,000
Hurricane 331.87 $12,000
Cairo 355.20 $13,000
Richard Mott 376.95 $L3,000
Robert Bruce 330.00 $12,000
Nautilus 306.25 $12,000
Clifton 165.10 $6,000
Little Belle 158.14 $7,000
H. Ross 229.89 $8,000

The following will show the names, tonnage and value of vessels belonging to the District of Buffalo Creek, which have been wrecked and become a total loss, during the year 1854.

Steamer Garden City 657.31 $60,000
Propeller Westmoreland 665.84 $35,000
Bucephalus 493.42 $25,000
H. A. Kent 442.27 $20,000
Barque Trade Wind 374.12 $13,000
Brig W. Monteath 261.79 $7,000
Northampton 241.82 $6,500
B. A. Bemis 207.45 $5,000
Schooners Energy 392.09 $12,000
Defiance 253.53 $6,500
Gen. Harrison 115.98 $1,000
Grand Turk 327.42 $12,000

 


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