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    VESSEL NAME:   Hattie L. Johnson
    OTHER NAME(s): -
    OFFICIAL NO:   42513
    DATE OF LOSS:  4 October 1885
    REASON:        Storm
    LOCATION:      Lake Ontario, entrance to Oswego harbor
    RIG TYPE:      Barge
    HULL TYPE:     Wood
    BUILDER:       S. G. Johnson, Clayton, N.Y. - 1873
    OWNER(S):      "hailed from Ogdensburg"
    MASTER:        Capt. John F. Murphy
    TONNAGE:     239 gt
    DIMENSIONS:  ?
    CASUALTIES:  0
    SURVIVORS:   6

                 One of five coal laden barges, bound for Canadian ports
              on the St. Lawrence River, in tow of the tug PROCTOR.  The
              JOHNSON was one of two barges that broke loose as the PROCTOR
              attempted to enter Oswego harbor for shelter.  Crew made it
              to shore in their yawl and were sheltered by the Oswego life-
              saving crew.

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Sources: Annual Report of the U.S.L.S.S. - 1877, '86
         R. L. Polk Marine Directory, 1884