Lizzie Colburn · collision
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 6–7 · No. 853
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- Penciled number 211114 is written next to item 6.
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Form header
- Running number
- 853
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 14, Port of Reedville Va
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D SEP 26 1919 · 26 Sep 1919
- UNITED STATES CUSTOMHOUSE COLLECTION DISTRICT NO. 14 SEP 22 1919 REEDVILLE · 22 Sep 1919
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
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Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Lizzie Colburn · St Sew, Amer
- 6 · Official number
- 140114Also written nearby: 211114
- 3 · Tonnage
- 120 Gross -- 65 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 44 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Reedville Va.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Ernest Rose Palmer Va
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Dymers Creek Pkg Co, Queen Va
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 7 P.M. Wed June 25th 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Port side of channel, near N. & W Piers Norfolk Harbor
- 9–10 · Voyage
- White Stone June 25th → Norfolk Va
- 27 · Weather
- 8 Miles. Day
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 27 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $15000.
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision with schr water
26 · Cause, as written
Crowded by ships & schooner bearing down on Colburn
Signature
- Signed by
- E. T. Strakles · Secy
- Company or by
- Saginaw Crab Packing Co. Inc.
- Date signed
- Aug 1st, 1919
- Place
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- 7 P.M. Wed June 25th 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Amer St Sew Lizzie Colburn Wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 120 Gross -- 65 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 44 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Reedville Va.
- 6 · Official number
- 140114
- 7 · Master and residence
- Ernest Rose Palmer Va
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Dymers Creek Pkg Co, Queen Va
- 9 · Sailed from
- White Stone June 25th
- 10 · Bound for
- Norfolk Va
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 27
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $15000.
- 15 · Value of cargo
- —
- 16 · Cargo
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- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- —
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $1000.
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
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- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $10500.
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
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- 24 · Locality
- Port side of channel, near N. & W Piers Norfolk Harbor
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision with schr water
- 26 · Cause
- Crowded by ships & schooner bearing down on Colburn
- 27 · Weather
- 8 Miles. Day
- 28 · Measures taken
- Could not take any measures to avoid Casualty on acct. of position of others
- 29 · Assistance
- We stopped but no assistance needed.
- 30 · Remarks
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