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- Pencil marks in left margin next to item 5 says 'Jacksonville, Fla.' with an arrow pointing to item 5
- Item 29: one word struck out before 'Steamer'
Form header
- Running number
- 884
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 11, Port of Wilmington, Delaware
- Received
- —
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- NORTHERN NO. 30 · Sch. Barge
- 6 · Official number
- 216421
- 3 · Tonnage
- 1764 Gross - 1198 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1 Year - Built 1918
- 5 · Port registered
- Wilmington, Del.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Ezra Canning, Fall River Mass.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Northern Transportation Co Munsey Bldg. Balto Md
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 830 a.m. January 2nd 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Off Sewalls Pt, Va. Anchorage
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Newport, N.N. Nov 29/18 → Providence, R.I.
- 27 · Weather
- N.W. - Light - Clear
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, (5) Five crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision Sts. "Matoa"
26 · Cause, as written
Misunderstanding of signals or engine room of steamer
Signature
- Signed by
- [illegible] · General Manager
- Company or by
- Northern Transportation Co
- Date signed
- —
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- 830 a.m. January 2nd 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Sch. Barge "NORTHERN NO. 30" (Wood)
- 3 · Tonnage
- 1764 Gross - 1198 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1 Year - Built 1918
- 5 · Port registered
- Wilmington, Del.
- 6 · Official number
- 216421
- 7 · Master and residence
- Ezra Canning, Fall River Mass.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Northern Transportation Co Munsey Bldg. Balto Md
- 9 · Sailed from
- Newport, N.N. Nov 29/18
- 10 · Bound for
- Providence, R.I.
- 11 · Passengers
- none
- 12 · Crew
- (5) Five
- 13 · Persons lost
- none
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $100,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $10,000
- 16 · Cargo
- Bituminous Coal
- 17 · Deck load
- no
- 18 · Overladen
- no
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 2071 Gross tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $15,000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- none
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- none
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- not known
- 24 · Locality
- Off Sewalls Pt, Va. Anchorage
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision Sts. "Matoa"
- 26 · Cause
- Misunderstanding of signals or engine room of steamer
- 27 · Weather
- N.W. - Light - Clear
- 28 · Measures taken
- Barge at anchor, unable to move in time to avoid collision
- 29 · Assistance
- Barge was towed to shoal water and grounded by [illegible] Steamer "Matoa"
- 30 · Remarks
- Barge was at anchor, loaded, and Steamer "Matoa" of Boston collided with her.