M.S.Lewis · loss of life
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 278–279 · No. 16
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Reader’s notes on the scan
- Item 2 has handwritten words possibly reading 'Gasc auy' inserted.
- Item 5 has 'Stratford' struck through and 'Bridgeport' handwritten above it.
- Two 'LOSS OF LIFE' stamps are present on the page.
- Item 29: 'but he made' is typed with a handwritten correction 'no effort' below 'was made', then 'was made' is struck through. Recorded text includes handwritten correction.
- Handwritten note on left side: 'Read 7/28/19 W.R. 169' followed by illegible initials or signature.
Form header
- Running number
- 16
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 6, Port of Bridgeport
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D JUL 29 1919 By · 29 Jul 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Mary S. Lewis
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- LOSS OF LIFEATLANTIC
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- M.S.Lewis · Gasc auy, American
- 6 · Official number
- 93227
- 3 · Tonnage
- 138 gross, 99 net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- 18 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Bridgeport Stratford, Conn.
- 7 · Master and residence
- W.H.Rowland, 52 Winter St., Bridgeport
- 8 · Owner and residence
- H.J.Lewis Oyster Co., 82 Pembroke St., Bridgeport.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 2:30 PM, Friday, July 25, 1919
- 24 · Locality
- 3 Miles South of Stratford Light
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Bridgeport, July 25, 1919 → Oyster Ground (working on grounds)
- 27 · Weather
- Weather clear, wind North, no sea
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 11 crew, One - Ben Pawlocki persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $30,000.00
13 · Names of persons lost
- Ben Pawlocki
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
One man drowned (No collision)
26 · Cause, as written
Unknown
Signature
- Signed by
- Wm H Rowland · Master Mary A Lewis
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- July 25th, 1919
- Place
- Bridgeport.
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- 2:30 PM, Friday, July 25, 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American, Gasc auy "M.S.Lewis" - Wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 138 gross, 99 net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- 18 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Bridgeport Stratford, Conn.
- 6 · Official number
- 93227
- 7 · Master and residence
- W.H.Rowland, 52 Winter St., Bridgeport
- 8 · Owner and residence
- H.J.Lewis Oyster Co., 82 Pembroke St., Bridgeport.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Bridgeport, July 25, 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Oyster Ground (working on grounds)
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 11
- 13 · Persons lost
- One - Ben Pawlocki
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $30,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- None
- 16 · Cargo
- None
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- None
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- None
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $15,000.00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- 3 Miles South of Stratford Light
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- One man drowned (No collision)
- 26 · Cause
- Unknown
- 27 · Weather
- Weather clear, wind North, no sea
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- Immediately turned vessel around, threw a life preserver within two feet of man in water, but he made no effort to reach it.
- 30 · Remarks
- One of the crew immediately threw off his clothes, ready to dive, but the man did not come up a second time.