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W.D.HOSSACK · casualty

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 253–254 · No. 3

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Report of Casualty, W.D.HOSSACK, page 253

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  • Item 20: Struck through text (Total loss) before 'Water logged', and a rubber stamp 'TOTAL LOSS' applied.
  • Item 21: A rubber stamp 'TOTAL LOSS' applied.
  • Item 25: A rubber stamp 'FOUNDERING' applied.

Form header

Running number
3
Filed at
Collection District No. 18, Port of PENSACOLA, FLA.
Received
  • REC'D JUL 10 1919 ANS'D By · 10 Jul 1919
Vessel name written at top
—
Other numbers
—
Stamps on the form
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Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
W.D.HOSSACK · Schr, American
6 · Official number
2933
3 · Tonnage
Gross 330 Net 272
4 · Age or year built
47 years
5 · Port registered
Mobile, Ala
7 · Master and residence
W.C.Hunter, Mobile, Ala
8 · Owner and residence
Mobile & Gulf Navigation Co: Mobile

Casualty

1 · Date
10. A.M. Friday July 4th, 1919
24 · Locality
Pensacola bearing N, 1/4 E. 25 miles
9–10 · Voyage
Mobile, Ala., July 1st, 1919 → Gibara, Cuba
27 · Weather
75 to 80 miles per hour
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, Seven crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$20.000

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Foundered FOUNDERING

26 · Cause, as written

Strong Tropical Storm

Signature

Signed by
N E Austin · Master
Company or by
—
Date signed
July 7th, 1919
Place
Pensacola, Fla.,
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
10. A.M. Friday July 4th, 1919
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
American: Schr: "W.D.HOSSACK" wood
3 · Tonnage
Gross 330 Net 272
4 · Age or year built
47 years
5 · Port registered
Mobile, Ala
6 · Official number
2933
7 · Master and residence
W.C.Hunter, Mobile, Ala
8 · Owner and residence
Mobile & Gulf Navigation Co: Mobile
9 · Sailed from
Mobile, Ala., July 1st, 1919
10 · Bound for
Gibara, Cuba
11 · Passengers
None
12 · Crew
Seven
13 · Persons lost
none
14 · Value of vessel
$20.000
15 · Value of cargo
12.000
16 · Cargo
Rough & Dressed P.P.Lumber
17 · Deck load
yes
18 · Overladen
No
19 · Cargo weight
about 400 tons
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
Total loss Water logged TOTAL LOSS
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
Total loss TOTAL LOSS
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
None
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
Amount of value
24 · Locality
Pensacola bearing N, 1/4 E. 25 miles
25 · Nature of casualty
Foundered FOUNDERING
26 · Cause
Strong Tropical Storm
27 · Weather
75 to 80 miles per hour
28 · Measures taken
Every measure possible
29 · Assistance
None except from the crew
30 · Remarks
All hands stood by until 8-P.M. Friday July 4,1919.,We then took to the boats and landed at 5.30 P.M. on Sturday 5th,one and one half mileseast of the Coast Guard Station on Santa Rosa Island