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    VESSEL NAME:   Atlas
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   -
    REASON:        Foundered
    DATE OF LOSS:  4 May 1839
    LOCATION:      Lake Ontario, NW of Oswego
    RIG TYPE:      Schr
    HULL TYPE:     Wooden
    BUILDER:       Dexter, N.Y., 1836
    OWNER(S):      Ortha Little & Son
    MASTER:        Capt. Ashel Westcott
    TONNAGE:       ?
    LENGTH:      52 ft (approx)
    BEAM:        16.5 ft (approx)
    DEPTH:       ?
    CASUALTIES:  5 (all)
    SURVIVORS:   0

       Bound Oswego from Chaumont with limestone when encountered a
       Northwest gale.  Was thought a shift in the cargo caused her
       to sink rapidly.  Steamer TELEGRAPH found only a pair of oars
       and some articles of clothing.
       
       Wreck located in June, 2013.  Tremendous damage indicates that
       the Atlas hit bottom violently.  Possibly the oldest wreck 
       discovered to date (2013).
       
       Victims:
       Ashel Westcott, age 26, Brownville, Jefferson County
       Ortha Little, age 48, part-owner, Hounsfield, Jefferson County
       William Ackerman, age 19, sailor, Brownville, Jefferson County
       John See, age 18, sailor
       Asa Davis, age 30, owner of cargo, Chaumont
       
       Westcott, Little & Davis were married.

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Sources: - David Swayze Great Lakes Shipwreck file
         - Shipwreck World Online
         - Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 8 May 1839
         - Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 9 May 1839