Barge # 7 · collision

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 303–304 · No. 30

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In item 1, 'about' is typed above '2 PM'.
In item 3, 'gr. & net' is penciled.
In item 4, '(1914)' is penciled.
In item 5, 'N.Y.' is penciled and struck through, with 'Tex.' penciled above it. The text 'Houston, Tex.' reflects the replacement.
In item 24, 'Houston, Tex.' is penciled below the typed text.
In item 26, the printed '26.' has a typed strikeover.
There is a signature over the printed heading at the top left.

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Running number: 30
Filed at: Collection District No. 22 , Port of Houston
Received: U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D AUG 9 1919 · 9 Aug 1919
CUSTOM HOUSE HOUSTON AUG 2 1919 RECEIVED · 2 Aug 1919
Vessel name written at top: —
Other numbers: 62
Stamps on the form: RIVERS COLLISION

2 · Name, rig, nationality: Barge # 7 · Barge, American
6 · Official number: 165627
3 · Tonnage: 343 gr. & net
4 · Age or year built: 7 years (1914)
5 · Port registered: Transcription error See the scan
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Houston, Tex. N.Y. [illegible penciled correction? N.Y. added in pencil over N.Y.? Wait, looks like 'Houston, N.Y.' but pencil says 'Tex.'] Houston, Tex. [Note: typed text is 'Houston, ', then pencile…
7 · Master and residence: E. E. Golden. Houston, Texas
8 · Owner and residence: Freeport & Tampico Fuel Oil Trans Co 120 Broadway.

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William P. Palmer rammed barge

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1 · Date of casualty: July 30th 1919. Wednesday about 2 PM
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality: American Wood Barge # 7
3 · Tonnage: 343 gr. & net
4 · Age or year built: 7 years (1914)
5 · Port registered: Transcription error See the scan
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Houston, Tex. N.Y. [illegible penciled correction? N.Y. added in pencil over N.Y.? Wait, looks like 'Houston, N.Y.' but pencil says 'Tex.'] Houston, Tex. [Note: typed text is 'Houston, ', then pencile…
6 · Official number: 165627
7 · Master and residence: E. E. Golden. Houston, Texas
8 · Owner and residence: Freeport & Tampico Fuel Oil Trans Co 120 Broadway.
9 · Sailed from: harbor trade
10 · Bound for: —
11 · Passengers: none
12 · Crew: one
13 · Persons lost: none
14 · Value of vessel: $25,000.00
15 · Value of cargo: 2.000.00
16 · Cargo: crude oil
17 · Deck load: no
18 · Overladen: no
19 · Cargo weight: 34,000 lbs
20 · Loss or insurance (20): $5000.00
21 · Loss or insurance (21): none
22 · Loss or insurance (22): $17,500.00
23 · Loss or insurance (23): none.
24 · Locality: Sinclair Gulf Ref. Co. dock Houston, Tex.
25 · Nature of casualty: collision
26 · Cause: William P. Palmer rammed barge
27 · Weather: daytime. calm
28 · Measures taken: —
29 · Assistance: no assistance rendered
30 · Remarks: William P. Palmer was navigating channel without tug to guide her