SUSQUEHANNA · total loss
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 217–218 · No. 958
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- Handwritten note at top of page: 'Correct date of casualty July 4/18'
- Handwritten correction to item 1 changes the year from 1919 to 1918.
- Handwritten note 'bge' beside item 2.
- Handwritten note '290 gross' near items 3 and 4.
- Item 5 has a lot of typed text from other lines printed in the margin.
- Several items have quotation marks indicating 'ditto' from the line above.
- Item 29 contains ditto mark referring to Unknown.
- A number '959' appears in the margin sideways, in pencil, which could be part of the microfilm structure or running number.
- Some ink bleed-through from reverse is visible on the page.
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Form header
- Running number
- 958
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 10, Port of NEW YORK, N.Y.
- Received
- RECEIVED DEC 24 1921 MARINE DIVISION · 24 Dec 1921
- REC'D AND'D DEC 28 1921 · 28 Dec 1921
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- ATLANTICTOTAL LOSSOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- SUSQUEHANNA · Lighter, Am.
- 6 · Official number
- 57746Also written nearby: 290 gross
- 3 · Tonnage
- 275
- 4 · Age or year built
- 48
- 5 · Port registered
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New York 57746 No Master P.S.Pendleton,130 Pearl St.,N.Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dec. 22, 1921 $3,000 No cargo " " " " " Total Loss No cargo None " Mystic River, Conn… - 7 · Master and residence
- No Master
- 8 · Owner and residence
- P.S.Pendleton,130 Pearl St.,N.Y
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- July 4, 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Mystic River, Conn
- 9–10 · Voyage
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - → —
- 27 · Weather
- at night
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- —
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $3,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Set on fire
26 · Cause, as written
Fire
Signature
- Signed by
- Jos. F. Spooner · Atty
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- Dec. 22, 1921
- Place
- 130 Pearl Street, N.Y.
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- July 4, 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am. Lighter "SUSQUEHANNA" wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 275
- 4 · Age or year built
- 48
- 5 · Port registered
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New York 57746 No Master P.S.Pendleton,130 Pearl St.,N.Y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dec. 22, 1921 $3,000 No cargo " " " " " Total Loss No cargo None " Mystic River, Conn… - 6 · Official number
- 57746
- 7 · Master and residence
- No Master
- 8 · Owner and residence
- P.S.Pendleton,130 Pearl St.,N.Y
- 9 · Sailed from
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- 10 · Bound for
- —
- 11 · Passengers
- —
- 12 · Crew
- —
- 13 · Persons lost
- —
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $3,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- No cargo
- 16 · Cargo
- " "
- 17 · Deck load
- "
- 18 · Overladen
- "
- 19 · Cargo weight
- " "
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total Loss
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- No cargo
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- "
- 24 · Locality
- Mystic River, Conn
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Set on fire
- 26 · Cause
- Fire
- 27 · Weather
- at night
- 28 · Measures taken
- Unknown
- 29 · Assistance
- "
- 30 · Remarks
- This vessel was tied with three other barges anchored in Mystic River and was set on fire and became a total loss.