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Reader’s notes on the scan
- Item 1 date written as Dec 15 1918, but Item 9 says Dec 15 1919.
- Pencil note 'New York' next to items 5 and 6.
- Stamps 'ATLANTIC' and 'COLLISION' present on page.
Form header
- Running number
- 895
- Filed at
- Collection District No. , Port of Norfolk v.a.
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D DEC 8 1919 ANS'D By · 8 Dec 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Ohio
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- ohio · ferry Steamer
- 6 · Official number
- 155147
- 3 · Tonnage
- 867 gross tons 557 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Buit 1887
- 5 · Port registered
- Norfolk
- 7 · Master and residence
- John J. owens Herman. ave Norfolk Va
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Chesapeake ferry Co. 100 front Street Norfolk va
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Sunday Dec 15 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Two Miles from Sewels Point
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Seuels Point Dec 15. 1919 → New Portnews
- 27 · Weather
- No wind fog day
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- 70 Passengers passengers, 8 in Crew crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- 100 000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision COLLISION Str Warwick of. Norfolk Va
26 · Cause, as written
fog
Signature
- Signed by
- J. S. Munden · Supt
- Company or by
- Chesapeake ferry Co.
- Date signed
- Dec 3 1919
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- Sunday Dec 15 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- double End " Single deck ferry Steamer" "ohio"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 867 gross tons 557 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Buit 1887
- 5 · Port registered
- Norfolk
- 6 · Official number
- 155 147
- 7 · Master and residence
- John J. owens Herman. ave Norfolk Va
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Chesapeake ferry Co. 100 front Street Norfolk va
- 9 · Sailed from
- Seuels Point Dec 15. 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- New Portnews
- 11 · Passengers
- 70 Passengers
- 12 · Crew
- 8 in Crew
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- 100 000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- 6000
- 16 · Cargo
- automibles.
- 17 · Deck load
- Part
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 6000 lbs
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- 1000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- Don't know
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- Two Miles from Sewels Point
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision COLLISION Str Warwick of. Norfolk Va
- 26 · Cause
- fog
- 27 · Weather
- No wind fog day
- 28 · Measures taken
- Back ful speed
- 29 · Assistance
- None Was needed
- 30 · Remarks
- lots of vesels anchored in ferry path caused Both steamer to run close to each other