Sallie L. Allen der · casualty
Wreck Report, 1 page · T925-0005, p. 19 · No. 859
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- Item 5 and 6 seem written on the same line, with 116181 clearly intended for Item 6.
- Stamps 'RIVERS', 'TOTAL LOSS' and 'FOUNDERING' (twice) appear on the form over some written responses.
- Running number written on side margin: 860. Number on top right corner: 859.
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Form header
- Running number
- 859
- Filed at
- Collection District.
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D OCT 4 1919 ANS'D · 4 Oct 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Sallie L. Allen der
- Other numbers
- 860
- Stamps on the form
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Sallie L. Allen der · gasc, Am
- 6 · Official number
- 116181
- 3 · Tonnage
- Net 9 Tons gross 10
- 4 · Age or year built
- Buit 1887
- 5 · Port registered
- Wilmington, Del- 116181 ✔ [written together with item 6, 116181 is item 6 but placed between items 5 and 6 lines, and checkmark beside 6.] Wilmington, Del- 116181
- 7 · Master and residence
- Wm Strawter Seaford Md
- 8 · Owner and residence
- " " " "
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- aug 14- 1918. at night
- 24 · Locality
- Sunk in Nanticoke River bet Riverton, md & Woodland, Del- [bet Riverton, md & Woodland, Del- written below Sunk in Nanticoke River]
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Riverton md Aug 14th 1918 → Woodland Del
- 27 · Weather
- night & dark- night f dark- [looks like night & dark-]
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, one crew, -None persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $800.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
FOUNDERING [stamped over handwriting] FOUNDERING [stamp] Sprung leak and filled
26 · Cause, as written
FOUNDERING [stamped]
Signature
- Signed by
- William S S [illegible]
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- Sept 26th 1919
- Place
- Seaford Del
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- aug 14- 1918. at night
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- gas Am Sallie L. Allen der. wood gasc
- 3 · Tonnage
- Net 9 Tons gross 10
- 4 · Age or year built
- Buit 1887
- 5 · Port registered
- Wilmington, Del- 116181 ✔ [written together with item 6, 116181 is item 6 but placed between items 5 and 6 lines, and checkmark beside 6.] Wilmington, Del- 116181
- 6 · Official number
- 116181
- 7 · Master and residence
- Wm Strawter Seaford Md
- 8 · Owner and residence
- " " " "
- 9 · Sailed from
- Riverton md Aug 14th 1918
- 10 · Bound for
- Woodland Del
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- one
- 13 · Persons lost
- -None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $800.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- —
- 16 · Cargo
- wood- RIVERS [RIVERS is stamped over this area, but written text is 'wood-'] wood- RIVERS [stamp is actually between 13 and 16, overlapping 14, 15, 16 area] wood- RIVERS [actually RIVERS is stamped on 14/15 area. Text for 16 is wood.] wood. RIVERS [The stamp RIVERS is present]
- 17 · Deck load
- yes.
- 18 · Overladen
- no-
- 19 · Cargo weight
- Eight Tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total Loss TOTAL LOSS [TOTAL LOSS stamped]
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- none
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- none
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- none
- 24 · Locality
- Sunk in Nanticoke River bet Riverton, md & Woodland, Del- [bet Riverton, md & Woodland, Del- written below Sunk in Nanticoke River]
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- FOUNDERING [stamped over handwriting] FOUNDERING [stamp] Sprung leak and filled
- 26 · Cause
- FOUNDERING [stamped]
- 27 · Weather
- night & dark- night f dark- [looks like night & dark-]
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- —
- 30 · Remarks
- —