ADVANCE

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The ADVANCE was a schooner built in 1856 in Dexter, New York. It had a wooden hull with one deck and two masts. The vessel was registered with an official number of 105051.

The schooner had a tonnage of 74 gross tons. It was originally owned by J.C. Riggs from Dexter, New York. The ADVANCE was primarily used for sailing and transporting cargo on the Great Lakes, particularly Lake Ontario.

Throughout its history, the ADVANCE faced several incidents. On September 7, 1857, it was holed and sunk with coal on rocks near Alexandria Bay in the St. Lawrence River. In April 1863, it went ashore near the Genesee River in Lake Ontario but was eventually released.

The ownership of the ADVANCE changed over the years, with subsequent owners including Smith of Port Colborne, J.B. Devoe of Port Colborne, J. Carr of Port Colborne, and J. Kerr of Belleville, Ontario. The schooner underwent partial rebuilding during the ownership of J. Kerr.

In October 1870, the ADVANCE ran aground in Oswego, New York, and was reported abandoned. Later that month, it was reported that the wreck had been sold to farmers from the vicinity of Texas, New York.

On October 13, 1871, the ADVANCE, loaded with barley, went aground on Nicholson Island in Lake Ontario. Finally, in 1873, the schooner was wrecked on Lake Ontario, but no further details are available.

The exact circumstances and details of the wrecking incidents are not provided in the available information, so further information on those events is not available.