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| | History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine |
 | | Other vessels destroyed on this date by the Chicago fire were the schooner Glenbula, owned by Magill and others; schooner Eclipse; the barkentine Fontanella, owned by Beckwith, J. Bothwell and others; the schooner Butcher Boy, owned by John Murray and others, partially destroyed; the Canadian bark Valetta, owned by Captain Larkin, and the schooner Alnwick. |
 | | Other losses of the season were the schooner Pioneer, barge Transport, bark Mainland, brig Lowell, schooner Dan Tindell, barge J. Warner, schooner H. Fairchild, schooner Gear, schooner Victoria, schooner Rosa Sterns, schooner W. Lyons, schooner Skylark, bark Excelsior, schooner J. Miner, schooner Wm. |
 | | The shock of the explosion threw from their feet all who were aboard, and most of those on deck were injured by flying missiles hurled in all directions. |
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