The Wreck Files

Cyn Mount · casualty

Wreck Report, 1 page · T925-0005, p. 227 · No. 763

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Wreck Report, Cyn Mount, page 227

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Reader’s notes on the scan

  • Item 8 text is implied by ditto marks referencing Item 7.
  • TOTAL LOSS stamp near item 20.
  • RIVERS stamp near items 14-16.

Form header

Running number
763
Filed at
Collection District No. 13, Port of CRISFIELD, MD.
Received
  • U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D NOV 30 1921 · 30 Nov 1921
Vessel name written at top
Cyn. Mount
Other numbers
—
Stamps on the form
—

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
Cyn Mount · Sch
6 · Official number
105835
3 · Tonnage
15 Net gross 16
4 · Age or year built
Built 1878
5 · Port registered
Crisfield, Md.
7 · Master and residence
B. W. Dunson, Vienna, Md.
8 · Owner and residence
B. W. Dunson, Vienna, Md.

Casualty

1 · Date
Fall of 1918
24 · Locality
Colonial Beach, Va
9–10 · Voyage
Vienna md → Colonial Beach, va
27 · Weather
—
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, — crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
400.00

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Stranded

26 · Cause, as written

Heavy gale of wind

Signature

Signed by
B. W. Dunson
Company or by
—
Date signed
Oct. 23 1921
Place
Vienna, Md.
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
Fall of 1918
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
Sch Cyn Mount
3 · Tonnage
15 Net gross 16
4 · Age or year built
Built 1878
5 · Port registered
Crisfield, Md.
6 · Official number
105835
7 · Master and residence
B. W. Dunson, Vienna, Md.
8 · Owner and residence
B. W. Dunson, Vienna, Md.
9 · Sailed from
Vienna md
10 · Bound for
Colonial Beach, va
11 · Passengers
none
12 · Crew
—
13 · Persons lost
none
14 · Value of vessel
400.00
15 · Value of cargo
light none
16 · Cargo
—
17 · Deck load
—
18 · Overladen
—
19 · Cargo weight
—
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
total loss TOTAL LOSS
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
—
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
none
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
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24 · Locality
Colonial Beach, Va
25 · Nature of casualty
Stranded
26 · Cause
Heavy gale of wind
27 · Weather
—
28 · Measures taken
—
29 · Assistance
Was at anchor and went ashore during a gale of wind.
30 · Remarks
The Schooner was lost at colonial Beach Va in a gale of wind parted her chain and went ashore and Burst to pieces no one aboard here