Capt. Andrew Dunlop of the R & O.

Capt. Andrew Dunlop was born in Kingston in 1833. In 1854 he shipped in the propeller Lord Elgin. His next place was in the steamer St. Lawrence of the Royal Mail Line, which he entered in 1856. The Royal Mail Line had a lake and river service, the St. Lawrence being on the run between Kingston and Montreal. He was also in the steamer New Era of the same line. From the New Era he went into the freight and passenger side-wheeler Boston, running between Toronto and Ogdensburg. He was purser on the propeller Banshee, which in 1859 ran on a rock at Whiskey Island and sank. For the balance of that season he was on the propeller West. The he accepted a position on the steamer Empress, formerly called the New Era, first as purser for one year, and then as captain. The following year he went on the Champion, of the Royal Mail Line, and the next four years he was on the Kingston, afterwards called the Bavarian, which still exists as the Algerian.

Disaster befell the Kingston twice. She was burned once while going through the Thousand Islands. The second fire, which occurred whilst she was on the lake, between Toronto and Whitby, was caused by the breaking of the walking-beam. It smashed some spirit cases and the contents, igniting from the furnace, set the vessel in a blaze.

Capt. Dunlop was for four years in command of the Corinthian, a few years ago burned to the water's edge in the Coteau Rapids. Then he was made captain of the steamer Spartan of the same line, the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company, and remained in her four seasons, until 1876, when he was appointed Marine Inspector for the Royal Canadian Insurance Company. He held that post for four years, when the company discontinued their marine business.

After this Capt. Dunlop was engaged with the late Edward Browne, the well-known shipper and forwarder of Hamilton. Then he shipped as Captain of the steamer Norseman, now the North King, on the run between Port Hope and Charlotte, the port of Rochester, N.Y. Having had charge of that vessel for two seasons the Captain was appointed commander of the steamer Kathleen, making a round trip once a week between Kingston,Ottawa, and Montreal. In 1891 he was appointed to the command of the Algerian of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company's line.

Capt. Dunlop has been married for 43 years and has a family of five children, three sons and two daughters, and twenty grandchildren, who often congregate at the Captain's pretty home on Rideau street in Kingston. He is a life member of the A. F. and A M.

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