John G. North · total loss
Wreck Report, 1 page · T925-0005, p. 32 · No. 868
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- Running number 868 is handwritten in the upper right corner, with 869 written vertically on the left side margin.
- Handwritten correction 'bge' added next to item 2 label.
- Numbers '1881' and '76256' pencilled in the margin next to items 4-6.
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Form header
- Running number
- 868
- Filed at
- Port of Los Angeles
- Received
- U S COAST GUARD REC'D OCT 10 1919 By · 10 Oct 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- John G. North
- Other numbers
- 869
- Stamps on the form
- FOREIGNTOTAL LOSSOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- John G. North · Seagoing Barge
- 6 · Official number
- 76256Also written nearby: 1881, 76256
- 3 · Tonnage
- 336 gross 320 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 35 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Los Angeles
- 7 · Master and residence
- John E. Heston Los Angeles
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Pacific Fish Products Co. Los Angeles
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- May 14th 2. a.m. 1919.
- 24 · Locality
- —
- 9–10 · Voyage
- April 13th San Pedro 1919 → Mexican Fishing waters
- 27 · Weather
- dark
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, (16) Sixteen crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 50,000 00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Fire, Cabo San Lucas Bay, Lower California Mexico.
26 · Cause, as written
Fire
Signature
- Signed by
- John E. Heston · Master
- Company or by
- John G. North Barge
- Date signed
- May 21st, 1919.
- Place
- Cabo San Lucas, B.C. Mexico
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- May 14th 2. a.m. 1919.
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- (Wood) John G. North, Seagoing Barge
- 3 · Tonnage
- 336 gross 320 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 35 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Los Angeles
- 6 · Official number
- 76256
- 7 · Master and residence
- John E. Heston Los Angeles
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Pacific Fish Products Co. Los Angeles
- 9 · Sailed from
- April 13th San Pedro 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Mexican Fishing waters
- 11 · Passengers
- none
- 12 · Crew
- (16) Sixteen
- 13 · Persons lost
- none
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 50,000 00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $ 25,000 00
- 16 · Cargo
- Olive Oil Cottonseed Oil + Cannery Supplies
- 17 · Deck load
- no
- 18 · Overladen
- no
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 75 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total loss
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- Total loss
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- —
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Fire, Cabo San Lucas Bay, Lower California Mexico.
- 26 · Cause
- Fire
- 27 · Weather
- dark
- 28 · Measures taken
- All fire pumps and aparatus used and assisted by small fishing launches. Fire had too much headway when discoveled and could not get same under control
- 29 · Assistance
- Gasoline fishing boat Queen, Capt. Frank Mellis, and Gasoline fishing boat Freedom, Capt. Dan Anderson
- 30 · Remarks
- The vessel was outfitted as a floating Cannery and was engaged in canning Tuna at San Lucas Bay, Mexico, when burned