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NEW VESSEL.---We are glad to notice that the
COMET, a new vessel for the route
between Hamilton and Quebec has just been finished at Kingston, and may be
expected at the head of the lake immediately. She is highly spoken of and
will doubtless become a favorite.--------Oswego Times
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Monday evening, August 14, 1848
DISASTROUS COLLISION -- THREE LIVES LOST. -- Capt.
Dorr received the following dispatch from Kingston this morning:
The schooner EXCHANGE, with a cargo of wheat from Chicago, collided with the
steamer COMET, last night, off the Duck. The COMET is a total loss. Three
men also lost. The EXCHANGE is badly injured, and is making water. She
arrived here this morning. ---- Joseph Doyle
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
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