PETER · total loss

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 236–237 · No. 968

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Pencil note 'Built 1902' written over item 4 label.
Pencil note 'St Michael, Alaska' written over item 5 label.
TOTAL LOSS stamped next to item 20 label.
Signature name is difficult to read. 'by' written before signature.

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Form header

Running number: 968
Filed at: Collection District No. 31 , Port of SEWARD
Received: U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D SEP 21 1923 ANS'D · 21 Sep 1923
Vessel name written at top: —
Other numbers: —
Stamps on the form: TOTAL LOSS RIVERS

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality: PETER · scow, Am.
6 · Official number: 54606
3 · Tonnage: 458 gross and net.
4 · Age or year built: 17 years.
5 · Port registered: Transcription error See the scan
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Juneau, Alaska.
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Juneau, Alaska. St Michael, Alaska [handwritten correction in left column over written/erased text? - see notes, kept original typed answer column text here as instructed, note describes handwriting o…
7 · Master and residence: Unknown
8 · Owner and residence: Waechter Bros., Fairbanks, Alaska

Casualty

1 · Date: May 9, 1919, 10:00 A. M.
24 · Locality: Chena, Alaska.
9–10 · Voyage: Fairbanks, Alaska, 9/1/19. → Chena, Alaska.
27 · Weather: - - - - -
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost: no passengers, no crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel: $5000.00

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Vessel was crushed and broken-up by the ice.

26 · Cause, as written

Poor location of Winter quarters.

Signature

Signed by: J Fred [illegible] · Manager
Company or by: WAECHTER BROS. CO.
Date signed: AUG 18 1923
Place: Fairbanks, Alaska,

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1 · Date of casualty: May 9, 1919, 10:00 A. M.
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality: Am. scow PETER (wood)
3 · Tonnage: 458 gross and net.
4 · Age or year built: 17 years.
5 · Port registered: Transcription error See the scan
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Juneau, Alaska.
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Juneau, Alaska. St Michael, Alaska [handwritten correction in left column over written/erased text? - see notes, kept original typed answer column text here as instructed, note describes handwriting o…
6 · Official number: 54606
7 · Master and residence: Unknown
8 · Owner and residence: Waechter Bros., Fairbanks, Alaska
9 · Sailed from: Fairbanks, Alaska, 9/1/19.
10 · Bound for: Chena, Alaska.
11 · Passengers: None
12 · Crew: None
13 · Persons lost: None
14 · Value of vessel: $5000.00
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): No cargo
24 · Locality: Chena, Alaska.
25 · Nature of casualty: Vessel was crushed and broken-up by the ice.
26 · Cause: Poor location of Winter quarters.
27 · Weather: - - - - -
28 · Measures taken: - - - - -
29 · Assistance: - - - - -
30 · Remarks: Vessel was placed in slough at Chena, Alaska, just before the freeze-up in the Fall of 1918; when the river broke up the fol-owing May it was unusually high and the vessel was carried away by the ice and crushed and broken-up.