MYLU · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 68–69 · No. 887
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- Handwritten correction 'Newark N.J.' beside item 5.
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Form header
- Running number
- 887
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 20, Port of New Orleans, La.
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D NOV 24 1919 By ANS'D · 24 Nov 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- ATLANTICOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- MYLU · gas yacht, Am.
- 6 · Official number
- 215665
- 3 · Tonnage
- 27 gross; 15 net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1892.
- 5 · Port registered
- New Orleans, La.
- 7 · Master and residence
- R. P. Worthington, Newark, N. J.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- do
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Forenoon: Friday, Aug. 29, 1918.
- 24 · Locality
- Tampa Bay near St. Petersburg, Fla.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Cruising in Tampa Bay, Fla. → ------
- 27 · Weather
- ---
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 4 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $10,000.
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Destroyed by fire.
26 · Cause, as written
Fumigating to kill mosquitoes.
Signature
- Signed by
- —
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- November 20, 1919
- Place
- New Orleans
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Forenoon: Friday, Aug. 29, 1918.
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am. gas yacht MYLU,; wood.
- 3 · Tonnage
- 27 gross; 15 net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1892.
- 5 · Port registered
- New Orleans, La.
- 6 · Official number
- 215665
- 7 · Master and residence
- R. P. Worthington, Newark, N. J.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- do
- 9 · Sailed from
- Cruising in Tampa Bay, Fla.
- 10 · Bound for
- ------
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 4
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $10,000.
- 15 · Value of cargo
- None
- 16 · Cargo
- ---
- 17 · Deck load
- ---
- 18 · Overladen
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- 19 · Cargo weight
- ---
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- ---
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $10,000.
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- ---
- 24 · Locality
- Tampa Bay near St. Petersburg, Fla.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Destroyed by fire.
- 26 · Cause
- Fumigating to kill mosquitoes.
- 27 · Weather
- ---
- 28 · Measures taken
- ---
- 29 · Assistance
- ---
- 30 · Remarks
- Owner and engineer had gone ashore to buy supplies, wife and daughter stayed on board and fished. Wife and daughter escaped in yawl. This office has been unable to locate the owner of this vessel. This report compiled from information furnished by Geo. A. Kausler, Ltd., of New Orleans, La., Insurance Agents.