Mattie May · foundering
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 30–31 · No. 867
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Form header
- Running number
- 867
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 45, Port of St Louis Mo
- Received
- TREASURY DEPARTMENT U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D OCT 15 1919 ANS'D · 15 Oct 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- FOUNDERINGRIVERSTOTAL LOSS
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Mattie May · gas, Am
- 6 · Official number
- 212119Also written nearby: 10, 9, built 1913
- 3 · Tonnage
- 10 G. 9 N.
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1913 5 or 6 years
- 5 · Port registered
- St Louis Mo Caruthersville to Memphis
- 7 · Master and residence
- John T. Jones, Caruthersville
- 8 · Owner and residence
- John T. Jones, Caruthersville
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Latter part of April 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Miss. River Just below Caruthersville Mo
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Laid up → Laid up
- 27 · Weather
- Storm
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, no crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $1500.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Sank in storm while laid up
26 · Cause, as written
over
Signature
- Signed by
- John D Jones · Owner + master
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- October 11th, 1919
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Latter part of April 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am gas "Mattie May" - wood.
- 3 · Tonnage
- 10 G. 9 N.
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1913 5 or 6 years
- 5 · Port registered
- St Louis Mo Caruthersville to Memphis
- 6 · Official number
- 212119
- 7 · Master and residence
- John T. Jones, Caruthersville
- 8 · Owner and residence
- John T. Jones, Caruthersville
- 9 · Sailed from
- Laid up
- 10 · Bound for
- Laid up
- 11 · Passengers
- none
- 12 · Crew
- no
- 13 · Persons lost
- no
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $1500.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- Nothing - Empty
- 16 · Cargo
- —
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- no
- 19 · Cargo weight
- no
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $1500.00
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- no
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- no
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- no
- 24 · Locality
- Miss. River Just below Caruthersville Mo
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Sank in storm while laid up
- 26 · Cause
- over
- 27 · Weather
- Storm
- 28 · Measures taken
- None
- 29 · Assistance
- no
- 30 · Remarks
- The "Mattie May" Sunk in a storm in the latter part of April, 1919. The accident occurred just below Caruthersville, Mo.