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Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 47–48 · No. 876

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Report of Casualty, unnamed vessel, page 47

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Reader’s notes on the scan

  • Rubber stamps 'RIVERS', 'TOTAL LOSS', 'OTHER CAUSES' across form
  • Handwritten 'Copy' at top of form.
  • Signature area has '(Signed)' handwritten before the name.

Form header

Running number
876
Filed at
Collection District No. 43, Port of Clarksville Tenn
Received
  • U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D NOV 3 1919 ANS'D · 3 Nov 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
[name not read] · Am.
6 · Official number
216025
3 · Tonnage
21 gross + 14 net
4 · Age or year built
About Five (5) months
5 · Port registered
Nashville, Tenn - 216025
7 · Master and residence
Jessie H. Hayes - Montgomery County, Tenn.
8 · Owner and residence
Montgomery County, Tenn.

Casualty

1 · Date
Aug 21, 1918 at 4 o'clock P.M
24 · Locality
Caught fire from gasoline engine
9–10 · Voyage
Ferry across river → Ferrying across river
27 · Weather
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11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
8 passengers, One crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$3,000

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

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26 · Cause, as written

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Signature

Signed by
Jessie H. Hayes · Master
Company or by
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Date signed
Oct. 14, 1918.
Place
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
Aug 21, 1918 at 4 o'clock P.M
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
Am. Gas. steam - st'm wh'l - wood
3 · Tonnage
21 gross + 14 net
4 · Age or year built
About Five (5) months
5 · Port registered
Nashville, Tenn - 216025
6 · Official number
216025
7 · Master and residence
Jessie H. Hayes - Montgomery County, Tenn.
8 · Owner and residence
Montgomery County, Tenn.
9 · Sailed from
Ferry across river
10 · Bound for
Ferrying across river
11 · Passengers
8
12 · Crew
One
13 · Persons lost
None
14 · Value of vessel
$3,000
15 · Value of cargo
Unknown
16 · Cargo
Mixed - wagons, etc.
17 · Deck load
Yes
18 · Overladen
No
19 · Cargo weight
Unknown - light
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
total
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
none
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
none
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
at 7 mi Ferry near Clarksville Tenn
24 · Locality
Caught fire from gasoline engine
25 · Nature of casualty
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26 · Cause
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27 · Weather
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28 · Measures taken
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29 · Assistance
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30 · Remarks
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