ESTHER · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 93–94 · No. 900
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Form header
- Running number
- 900
- Filed at
- Collection District No. , Port of Seattle
- Received
- REC'D DEC 15 1919 ANS'D · 15 Dec 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- Page 15
- Stamps on the form
- PACIFICOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- ESTHER · Schooner, American
- 6 · Official number
- 95504
- 3 · Tonnage
- 197 Net 222 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 42 years
- 5 · Port registered
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Seattle, Wash. (or similar spelling/abbreviation given illegibility of ending context for Seattle in main text though line below has Wash). Reading line 5: Seattle [unclear]. Let's say Seattle. Actual… - 7 · Master and residence
- Harry Dyer no shore residence
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Deep Sea Shipping Co Seattle, Wash 17 Colman Block
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Mch 5. 1919. 4 PM
- 24 · Locality
- At anchor in San Francisco Cal
- 9–10 · Voyage
- In San Francisco at time of fire → Wanganui N Z.
- 27 · Weather
- Fair clear weather
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 8. crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $10,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
On fire
26 · Cause, as written
Unknown probably cigarette
Signature
- Signed by
- J W · Prest
- Company or by
- Deep Sea Shipping Co
- Date signed
- Dec 5 1919
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Mch 5. 1919. 4 PM
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American Wood. 3 mast Schooner ESTHER
- 3 · Tonnage
- 197 Net 222 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 42 years
- 5 · Port registered
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Seattle, Wash. (or similar spelling/abbreviation given illegibility of ending context for Seattle in main text though line below has Wash). Reading line 5: Seattle [unclear]. Let's say Seattle. Actual… - 6 · Official number
- 95504
- 7 · Master and residence
- Harry Dyer no shore residence
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Deep Sea Shipping Co Seattle, Wash 17 Colman Block
- 9 · Sailed from
- In San Francisco at time of fire
- 10 · Bound for
- Wanganui N Z.
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 8.
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $10,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- 20 000
- 16 · Cargo
- Case Oil
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- Yes
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 593600#
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $1000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- $4500
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Dont know
- 24 · Locality
- At anchor in San Francisco Cal
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- On fire
- 26 · Cause
- Unknown probably cigarette
- 27 · Weather
- Fair clear weather
- 28 · Measures taken
- Fire department put out the fire
- 29 · Assistance
- Standard Oil Tugs, Standard No 1 Tugs Pilot and Geo Welch Tug Kathryn Markham S. F. Fire Boat
- 30 · Remarks
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