LAKE BEACON · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 114–115 · No. 911
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Reader’s notes on the scan
- Pencil note '2338 gross' written next to item 3.
- Pencil note 'Hit dock' written under 'OTHER CAUSES' stamp.
- Handwritten note at bottom: 'Vessel of U.S. Shipping Board'
Form header
- Running number
- 911
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 11, Port of Philadelphia
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D APR 10 1919 INFO · 10 Apr 1919
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- FOREIGNOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- LAKE BEACON · S/S, Am
- 6 · Official number
- 216999Also written nearby: 2338 gross
- 3 · Tonnage
- Net 1431
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1918
- 5 · Port registered
- Chicago
- 7 · Master and residence
- R. M. French, Brooklyn, NY
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Munson Line, Phila. Pa.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Mar. 12, 1919 - 7 to 11 PM
- 24 · Locality
- Dubrocq Wharf, Matanzas, Cuba
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Caibarien, Mar. 30, 1919 → Philadelphia
- 27 · Weather
- Strong wind and heavy swell
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 35 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $750,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Heavy wind and swell from the sea threw ship against dock
26 · Cause, as written
High wind and sea
Signature
- Signed by
- R. M. French · Master.
- Company or by
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- Date signed
- April 8, 1919
- Place
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Mar. 12, 1919 - 7 to 11 PM
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am S/S LAKE BEACON - steel
- 3 · Tonnage
- Net 1431
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1918
- 5 · Port registered
- Chicago
- 6 · Official number
- 216999
- 7 · Master and residence
- R. M. French, Brooklyn, NY
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Munson Line, Phila. Pa.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Caibarien, Mar. 30, 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Philadelphia
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 35
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $750,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $350,000
- 16 · Cargo
- General
- 17 · Deck load
- 600 cases of acid, about
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 1200 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $1000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- No damage
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Not known
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Not known
- 24 · Locality
- Dubrocq Wharf, Matanzas, Cuba
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Heavy wind and swell from the sea threw ship against dock
- 26 · Cause
- High wind and sea
- 27 · Weather
- Strong wind and heavy swell
- 28 · Measures taken
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- 29 · Assistance
- Crew held lines tight
- 30 · Remarks
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