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Litchfield Enquirer
Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
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On the 6th inst., the schooner Superior attempted to navigate the Niagara rapids as a spectacle but lost its masts and stuck on a rock, disappointing thousands of spectators.
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About 3 o'clock, the schooner Superior appeared in sight, towed by a small oar boat. When within a short distance of the rapids the small boat made for shore. The S. came down in the centre of the channel, between Goat Island and the Canada shore. On the first plunge into the rapids, the masts of the schooner fell overboard, with a crash—she then dragged down a few rods, and stuck fast on a rock, to the great disappointment of the many thousand spectators who crowded the banks of these mighty waters. There is no doubt the vessel would have reached the cataract without any injury but the loss of her masts had she not unfortunately come down the very shallowest part of the channel.
N. Y. Com. Adv.
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Niagara
Event Date
6th Inst.
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masts fell overboard; schooner stuck fast on a rock; great disappointment to many thousand spectators
Event Details
The schooner Superior, towed by a small oar boat, entered the rapids around 3 o'clock in the centre of the channel between Goat Island and the Canada shore. On the first plunge, the masts fell overboard with a crash. The vessel dragged down a few rods and stuck fast on a rock in the shallowest part of the channel, preventing it from reaching the cataract.