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MICHAEL GIBBONS, seaman, killed on board prop Barber, on Lake Michigan; 1. CAPT. THOS. VANCE and son, drowned from schr Lydia Ann, Lake Ontario; 2. CAPT. L. LANERGAN, drowned from schr Pride, off Port Washington; 1. Three lives lost from schr Rose Dousman, going ashore at New Buffalo; 3. *-* Five lives lost from schr Merrimac, foundering in Lake Erie; 5. *-* JAMES LAVERY, drowned from a sloop in Saginaw Bay; 1. Fifty lives lost by the burning of prop Wisconsin on Lake Ontario; 50. Sailor drowned from schr D. Newhall, on Lake Michigan; 1. GEORGE LAW, sailor, killed by falling from topsail yard of bark Sunshine; 1. AMOS HARRIS, sailor, drowned from schooner Corinthian, in Lake Erie; 1. J. W. MORSE, engineer, killed on board prop Dean Richmond by a fender; 1. GEORGE BLANFORD and L. T. BACKMEYER, drowned from a boat at Chicago; 2. HENRY _____, cabin boy, drowned from schr Advance, on Lake Michigan; 1. THOMAS WILSON, sailor, drowned from schr Belle City, near Port Colborne; 1. THOS. CUMBERWORTH, JOHN GROSSER, and JOHN BOERMASTER, drowned from bark Cherumbusco, at Grand Traverse; 3. CAPT. HERSON MORLEY, an old lake veteran, died at Sodus Point; 1. GREGOR REEF, deck hand, drowned from prop Badger State on Lake Michigan; 1. GEORGE CASE, engineer, steamer Princess, drowned near Gibraltar; 1. William Love, sailor, drowned from a vessel at Port Huron; 1. WM. HUGHES, deck hand, drowned from steamer Clement at Detroit; 1. OLE SAMUELSON, sailor, killed on board schr Anglo Saxon by a fall; 1. CAPT. W. H. BENSON, a well known steamboat man, died at East Saginaw; 1. GEORGE TOPISH, deck hand, drowned from tug B. B. Jones in Lake Huron; 1. OWEN JOHNSON, sailor, drowned from schr Grapeshot, while hooking on boat; 1. ARCHY CAMERON, sailor, hung himself on board schr Chieftain; 1. JOHN WHITE, sailor, shot by CAPT. DUNEANSON, on board bark Col. Ellsworth; 1. Four men drowned from a sloop off St. Joseph, Mich. LEWIS NELSON, sailor, drowned from schr Tartar, in Detroit River; 1. JOHN ROONEY, sailor, drowned from bark Arabia at Port Colborne; 1. THOMAS HALLER, second mate, drowned from schr Dan Tindall at Death's Door; 1. ANGUS MCDONALD, sailor, drowned from schr Oriental on Lake Ontario; 2 *sic*. DANIEL SHEAL, fireman, drowned from prop Rocket at Buffalo while intoxicated;1. D. G. MAYNARD, Esq., drowned from tug J. C. Morse in Lake Superior; 1. CAPT. ALEX LAFFERTY, H. G. JOHNSON, FRANK LAPHAM and FRANK DAY, killed by explosion of tug H. Johnson at Saginaw; 4. CAPT. D. M. MCLEON, of prop Dubuque, died on board steamer Wave, on Lake Huron; 1. CHAS. HAMMOND, drowned from schr Mary Collins, at Bay City; 1. WM. DUGAN, sailor, drowned from schr Eagle Wing at Marquette; 1. Sailor, name unknown, drowned from bark Badger State at Chicago; 1. MARY MCGARRICK, cook, drowned from schr T. J. Bronson while intoxicated; 1. WM. MORRISON and ALEX CLEMENTS, drowned from bark Sunnyside on Lake Michigan;2. JAMES MULLEN, sailor, killed on board the schr Buckingham by a fall; 1. JOHN ZEMMUEL, sailor, killed by a fall from the rigging on a vessel at Toronto; 1. CAPT. JAMES BAILEY, an old lake man, died at Windsor, C. W.; 1. HARVEY WILLIAMS, drowned from tug Old Jack at Cleveland; 1. MERRIT ESTES, mate schr Arcturus, drowned off Sauble, Lake Huron; 1. A colored deck hand drowned from prop Fountain City in Lake Michigan; 1. ____ NICKERSON, deck hand, drowned from prop St. Joseph in Lake Michigan; 1. CAPT. THOS SAULTER, an old lake man, died at Toronto, C. W.; 1. SAMUEL MASTERS, died from injuries on board str Harris at Buffalo; 1. CAPT. BENJ. DOVE, of schr E. M. Carrington, died at Port Huron; 1. DONALD CALDER, sailor, drowned from bark St. Lawrence in Lake Erie; 1. CAPT. JOSEPH RAYMOND, an old lake man, died at Detroit; 1. CAPT. WILLIAM AYRES, drowned from schr Huron in River St. Clair; 1. THOS CURLEY, sailor, drowned from bark Red, White and Blue in Tawas Bay; 1. FRANK MITCHELL, watchman, drowned from prop Toledo at Toledo; 1. DARIUS HORRIGAN, drowned from tug Gen. McClellan in Lake Huron; 1. EDWARD HARRIS, sailor, drowned from scow Am. Champion; 1. CHARLES BROWN and two others, sailors, drowned from schr Barney Eaton, on Lake Michigan; 3. WALTER SHEEHAN, mate, drowned from scow W. R. Hannah, near Sandusky; 1. GEORGE MILLER, 2nd mate prop Marquette, killed by falling into hold at Detroit; 1. HENRY ELPHICK, of bark Glenbulah, died at Chicago; 1. CAPT. ROBERT PRIGEON; ELIJAH PRIGEON, mate; JOHN KIRCHEAN, WM. SAMPTon, and three others, killed by explosion of the tug Muir in River St. Clair; 7. ARTHUR BLACKBURN, mate schr Clara, drowned at Green Bay; 1. PATRICK KINSELLA, drowned from schr C. C. Trowbridge at South Manitou; 1. CHARLES ANDREWS, drowned from schr J. Webber at Buffalo; 1. THOMAS JOHNSON, master; ABRAHAM HANSEN and B. B. SWANSON, drowned from schr Ringgold by that vessel capsizing on Lake Michigan; 3. A German sailor drowned from the scow Loon at Detroit; 1. ABRAHAM RYERSON, sailor, drowned from scow Orion on Lake Michigan; 1. JERRY DONAHUE, killed during an affray on board bark Bridge at Chicago; 1. MRS JOHN MURPHY and daughter, and J. LABERDAY, drowned from scow Ira Mason; 3. HENRY WRIGHT, JAMES CULLEN, GEORGE BREW, JAMES MAHONEY and one unknown, drowned from barge Pacific at Grand Haven; 5. Three lives lost from schr Telegraph getting wrecked on Lake Michigan; 3. Seven lives lost schr Mary Elizabeth foundering in Lake Erie; 7. JOHN LUTHERIN, drowned from schr U. S. Grant in Lake Michigan; 1. Two lives lost from prop Waukazoo at Kalamazoo; 2. HENRY MCGRORY, drowned from prop Dubuque at Detroit; 1. R. FLEMING, killed by falling into the hold of the bark Bridge at Buffalo; 1. A colored man, drowned from prop Rocket at Green Bay; 1. CORNELIUS MAY, drowned from schr Persian in Lake Ontario; 1. JAMES CONNER, sailor, drowned from schr Union at Milwaukee; 1. THOMAS HILLMAN, sailor, drowned from a vessel at Oswego; 1. JERRY BALDWIN, drowned from tug Windsor in St. Clair River; 1. PERRY WALSH, mate, drowned from schr Clipper City in Lake Michigan; 1. JOHN WILSON, drowned from tug Hector in St. Clair River; 1. JOHN BRENKLE and JOSEPH ROBERTS, drowned from small boat at Chicago; 2. CYRUS GATES and FREDERICK PIERCE, drowned from bark P. S. Marsh off Long Point; 2. CAPT. THOMAS RICHARDSON and crew of six men drowned from brig Gen. Worth in Lake Erie; 7. Two sailors drowned from schr Kate Doak at Pere Marquette; 2. _____ KELLY, a sailor, drowned from a vessel at Toronto; 1. DANIEL FRASIER SMITH, drowned from schr Mazeppa at Point au Pelee; 1. JOHN WILLIAMS, colored, killed in an affray on board prop Advance; 1. Three seamen drowned from stmr Wolverine at Quebec; 3. CAPT. JAS. COUGHLIN, drowned from a barge at Chicago; 1. HERBERT STEVENS, drowned from schr Admiral, near Toronto; 1. JOHN HOURIGAN, drowned from a scow at Detroit; 1. HOWARD BROWN, killed by a fender on board steamer Daniel Ball; 1. LEVI LEMON, engineer, scalded to death on board prop City of New York; 1. CHARLES EVANS, drowned from schr Granada, at Port Colborne; 1. DENNIS MCCARTHY, drowned from schr Algerine, at Beaver Island; 1. Two lives lost from sloop Explorer, at Cove Island; 2. ORRIN PHILLIPS, WM. JOHNSON, WM. DAVIS, SAMUEL JOHNSON and one other drowned from prop Owego, in Lake Erie; 5. Sailor drowned from scow Black Rover, at Cleveland; 1. JOHN MCGEEN, killed by falling into hold of prop Edith; 1. Sailor drowned from scow Supply, in Lake Michigan; 1. Total loss of life from all causes. . .211 ===========================================================================