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    Winter Sports in Canada The accompanying engravings illustrate the way in which our Canadian neighbors contrive to make some of the moments of their long and dreary winter slip by pleasantly and happ

    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Though we have previously given some views of this flourishing and interesting city, yet as there remained several striking points for illustration, we have continued the series in

    THE LATE RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN CANADA. Although some weeks have elapsed since the terrible railroad accident which happened near Hamilton, C. W., the catastrophe is still the theme of mournful comment

Scientific American (New York), 4 Jul 1891, 1-2     THE McDOUGALL WHALEBACK STEEL VESSEL. The old ballad commencing "In the North Sea Lived a Whale" has its use now in a facetious adaptation of this line to the needs of a souvenir issued by the people

Lloyd, James T., Lloyd's Steamboat Directory and Disasters on the Western Waters... (1856), 17 Jun 1850, 261-65     Burning of the G. P. Griffith. The fine steamer G. P. Griffith took fire on Lake Erie, about twenty miles below Cleveland, and was burnt to the water's edge, on June 17, 1850. The passengers were all

Harper's Weekly, 18 Feb 1893, 162, 164     The S. S. "CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS." MANY of the most interesting exhibits at the World's Fair will serve very useful purposes in assisting the fair to a successful consummation. Some of these, like the

Gleason's Pictorial Companion, 10 Jan 1852     From Gleason's Pictorial, 10 January 1852, p. 25

Gleason's Pictorial Companion, 10 Jan 1852     From Gleason's Pictorial, 10 January 1852, p. 25

Manning, John, Gleason's Pictorial Companion, 19 Jun 1852, p. 400     COFFER DAM, OSWEGO, N.Y. The picture herewith presented is a representation of an excavation made during the last winter, in the bed of the river forming the harbor at the city of Oswego. The excavat

Gleason's Pictorial Companion, 7 Aug 1852, p. 96     CITY OF DETROIT Detroit, a fine view of which is given above, is one of the principal cities of the great Northwest. The site of the city is said to have been occupied by Indian villages at the perio