Manola · foundering
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 123–124 · No. 600
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- Handwritten annotations '2325 gross 1835 net' near item 3 and 'Duluth, Minn' near item 5.
- A clerk corrected the official number near item 6 from '92170' to what looks like the same or similar.
- Item 12 has a crossed out entry before '11'.
- Item 20 has stamp 'TOTAL LOSS' over typed 'Not known by this office'.
- Item 21 has stamp 'TOTAL LOSS' near typed 'Total'.
Form header
- Running number
- 600
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 39, Port of Chicago
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD. REC'D APR 12 1919 ANS'D · 12 Apr 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- 915
- Stamps on the form
- LAKESTOTAL LOSSFOUNDERING
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Manola · S. S., American
- 6 · Official number
- 92170Also written nearby: 2325, 1835, 92170
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2900 Tons
- 4 · Age or year built
- 28 Years
- 5 · Port registered
- Chicago, Ill.
- 7 · Master and residence
- J. F. Pardee, Master of Bow Section
- 8 · Owner and residence
- U. S. Shipping Board, Washington
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Dec. 3, 1918 - 12:45 A.M. Tuesday
- 24 · Locality
- 5 miles of the False Ducks, Lake Ontario
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Pt. Dalhousie 10:30 A.M. 12/1/18 → Montreal, Que.
- 27 · Weather
- Heavy Sea - snowing hard
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 11 crew, 11 persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- Not known by this office
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Foundered
26 · Cause, as written
Severe Weather
Signature
- Signed by
- N. M. Williams · Asst Director of Operations
- Company or by
- DIVISION OF OPERATIONS, U.S. SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPN
- Date signed
- 4/6, 1918
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Dec. 3, 1918 - 12:45 A.M. Tuesday
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American; Iron; S. S. "Manola"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2900 Tons
- 4 · Age or year built
- 28 Years
- 5 · Port registered
- Chicago, Ill.
- 6 · Official number
- 92170
- 7 · Master and residence
- J. F. Pardee, Master of Bow Section
- 8 · Owner and residence
- U. S. Shipping Board, Washington
- 9 · Sailed from
- Pt. Dalhousie 10:30 A.M. 12/1/18
- 10 · Bound for
- Montreal, Que.
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 11
- 13 · Persons lost
- 11
- 14 · Value of vessel
- Not known by this office
- 15 · Value of cargo
- " " " " "
- 16 · Cargo
- Coal
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- Some Coal in hold to straighten it up
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Not known by this office
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- Total
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Not known
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- " "
- 24 · Locality
- 5 miles of the False Ducks, Lake Ontario
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Foundered
- 26 · Cause
- Severe Weather
- 27 · Weather
- Heavy Sea - snowing hard
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- —
- 30 · Remarks
- This vessel, reconstructed and cut in two at Buffalo. Stern section followed the Bow and made Cape Vincent O-K