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    VESSEL NAME:    Atlanta
    OTHER NAME(s):  -
    OFFICIAL NO:    106746
    DATE OF LOSS:   4 May 1891
    CAUSE OF LOSS:  Foundered
    LOCATION:       Lake Superior, 35 miles off Deer Park, MI
    RIG TYPE:       Schooner barge, 3 masted
    HULL TYPE:      Wood
    BUILDER:        Davidson, West Bay City, MI - 1890
    OWNER(S):       Eastman of Saginaw, MI
    MASTER:         Capt. James L. Knowlton
    TONNAGE:        599.93 gt - 569.94 nt
    DIMENSIONS:     172 x 34 x 12.6
    CASUALTIES:     5 of 7

                    Bound from Buffalo to Duluth with coal, in tow of
                    the steamer WILHELM, when her towline parted in a
                    heavy northeast gale. Her crew took to the yawls in
                    an attempt to make shore but 5, including Capt.
                    Knowlton, were lost. John Rickle and Eli Wait were
                    saved by the life saving crew from Crisp Point.

                    Capt. James L. Knowlton was born about 1846 and was the
                    son of Capt. George Lafayette Knowlton and Olive
                    (Haskins) of Ottawa County, OH. He is interred at
                    Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, OH., Lot 43, Section 39.


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Sources: Buffalo Enquirer - 6-7 May 1891
         WOOD TV 8, Grand Rapids, MI - 3 March 2022
         Port Huron Daily Times - 11 May 1891
         Buffalo Express - 13 May 1891
         USGenWeb Census Project - 1870 Census, Ottawa County, OH
         Death Record of Belle (Knowlton) Engelbeck - 7 March 1921