Virginia · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 265–266
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- Item 3: '1378 net' is handwritten next to the typed gross tonnage.
- Item 13: '8' is handwritten next to the typed 'Unknown X'.
- Items 14 and 15 have an 'ATLANTIC' stamp.
- Items 20 and 21 have a 'TOTAL LOSS' stamp.
- Item 25 has an 'OTHER CAUSES' stamp.
- Handwritten text near bottom: "See attached list of persons lost"
Form header
- Running number
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- Filed at
- Collection District No. By , Port of
- Received
- U S. COAST GUARD REC'D JUL 26 1919 · 26 Jul 1919
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
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- Stamps on the form
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Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Virginia · Steamer, American
- 6 · Official number
- 202467
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2,027 gross 1378 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1905
- 5 · Port registered
- Baltimore, Md.,
- 7 · Master and residence
- W. G. Lane, Baltimore, Md.,
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Baltimore Steam Packet Co., Balto., Md.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- About 12:45 AM Saturday, May 24th, 1919.
- 24 · Locality
- Near Smith's Point, Chesapeake Bay,
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Baltimore, Md., May 23rd, 1919 → Norfolk, Va.,
- 27 · Weather
- Light; clear; smooth; dark.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- Approximately 156 passengers, 61 crew, Unknown X 8 persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $750,000.00 ATLANTIC
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Fire OTHER CAUSES
26 · Cause, as written
Unknown
Signature
- Signed by
- N L Lane · Master
- Company or by
- Steamer "Virginia"
- Date signed
- May 24th, 1919.
- Place
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- About 12:45 AM Saturday, May 24th, 1919.
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American Steel Steamer "Virginia"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2,027 gross 1378 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1905
- 5 · Port registered
- Baltimore, Md.,
- 6 · Official number
- 202,467
- 7 · Master and residence
- W. G. Lane, Baltimore, Md.,
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Baltimore Steam Packet Co., Balto., Md.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Baltimore, Md., May 23rd, 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Norfolk, Va.,
- 11 · Passengers
- Approximately 156
- 12 · Crew
- 61
- 13 · Persons lost
- Unknown X 8
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $750,000.00 ATLANTIC
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $250,000.00 ATLANTIC
- 16 · Cargo
- General Merchandise
- 17 · Deck load
- Yes
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 319 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $750,000.00 TOTAL LOSS
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- $250,000.00 TOTAL LOSS
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $320,000.00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- N O N E
- 24 · Locality
- Near Smith's Point, Chesapeake Bay,
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Fire OTHER CAUSES
- 26 · Cause
- Unknown
- 27 · Weather
- Light; clear; smooth; dark.
- 28 · Measures taken
- Entire crew called to duty: Pumps started and every effort made to extinguish.
- 29 · Assistance
- Steamers "Florida", "City of Norfolk" and "City of Annapolis" rescued passengers and crew.
- 30 · Remarks
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