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- Item 2: 'Zapora' handwritten over the printed line.
- Item 3: Handwritten 'Gross 318 Net 187' appears to the left of the typed answer.
- Item 24: Part of the answer ('Struck rock') is typed under the item 25 column label but is a continuation from item 24. A handwritten 'Alaska' is added.
- Numbers in left border '1920' and '945' ignored as per instructions.
Form header
- Running number
- 744
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 30, Port of Seattle, Wash.
- Received
- RECEIVED OCT -5 1920 · 5 Oct 1920
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- Page 74
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Zapora · Steamer, American
- 6 · Official number
- 201817Also written nearby: 318, 187
- 3 · Tonnage
- 269 Gross 196 net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- 15 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Seattle, Wash.
- 7 · Master and residence
- John Johansen, Seattle, Wn.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Booth Fisheries Co. Chicago Ill.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- June 27th. 1919
- 24 · Locality
- 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 mi. S.W. to S.W. 1/2 mile So. off Seal Rocks, off Cape Hinchinbrook, Prince Wm. Sound Alaska
Full reading
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 mi. S.W. to S.W. 1/2 mile So. off Seal Rocks, off Cape Hinchinbrook, Prince Wm. Sound Alaska Struck rock [Struck rock handwritten below the printed item label rather than in the answer column, but part of item 24's answer]
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Sitka, Alaska, June 22nd, 1919 → Fishing grounds (Portlock Banks)
- 27 · Weather
- Weather thick and foggy
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 39 Including fishermen. crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Struck rock
26 · Cause, as written
Uncharted rock
Signature
- Signed by
- Geo Haecker · Mgr
- Company or by
- BOOTH FISHERIES COMPANY
- Date signed
- Sept 29-, 1920
- Place
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- June 27th. 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American Steamer Iron Zapora
- 3 · Tonnage
- 269 Gross 196 net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- 15 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Seattle, Wash.
- 6 · Official number
- #201,817
- 7 · Master and residence
- John Johansen, Seattle, Wn.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Booth Fisheries Co. Chicago Ill.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Sitka, Alaska, June 22nd, 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Fishing grounds (Portlock Banks)
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 39 Including fishermen.
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $1,000.00
- 16 · Cargo
- Fresh halibut
- 17 · Deck load
- No.
- 18 · Overladen
- No.
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 10,000#
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $933.59
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $55,000.00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Loss must be over $2500.00
- 24 · Locality
- 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 mi. S.W. to S.W. 1/2 mile So. off Seal Rocks, off Cape Hinchinbrook, Prince Wm. Sound Alaska
Full reading
1 1/2 to 1 3/4 mi. S.W. to S.W. 1/2 mile So. off Seal Rocks, off Cape Hinchinbrook, Prince Wm. Sound Alaska Struck rock [Struck rock handwritten below the printed item label rather than in the answer column, but part of item 24's answer]
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Struck rock
- 26 · Cause
- Uncharted rock
- 27 · Weather
- Weather thick and foggy
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- None
- 30 · Remarks
- Captain of vessel no longer connected with company and above facts taken from log book to best of our knowledge.