Sir Thomas Shaughnessy · stranding
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 154–155 · No. 929
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- Item 2: Added 'St.' presumably meaning steel but crossed out?
- Item 5: 'Cleveland, O.' written faintly next to the prompt, but the answer column says 'Fairport, Ohio - Port of Hail'.
- Item 24: 'Peche Island, Ont., Lake St. Clair' written faintly next to the prompt, but the answer column is filled.
- Items 17 and 18: Answer for 18 is '"' or an 'n' denoting 'No' corresponding to item 17.
- Running number 930 is written sideways in the left margin.
- Signature name appears to be 'J. T. Johnson', but cursive is somewhat ambiguous.
Form header
- Running number
- 929
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 41, Port of Cleveland Ohio
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D MAR 26 1920 · 26 Mar 1920
- Vessel name written at top
- Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Sir Thomas Shaughnessy · Str., American
- 6 · Official number
- 203170
- 3 · Tonnage
- 6276 Gross Tons 4665 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 14 Years
- 5 · Port registered
- Fairport, Ohio - Port of Hail
- 7 · Master and residence
- Geo. A. Atkinson, Algonac, Mich.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Jenkins Steamship Co - Clevc. O.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- June 28th 1919 - 315 am
- 24 · Locality
- Head of Peche Is. abreast Windmill Point Detroit River
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Ashland, Wisconsin - June 24 - 1919 → Cleveland, Ohio
- 27 · Weather
- Dark and clear
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, Thirty One crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 750,000 00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Grounded - Out of Channel
26 · Cause, as written
Poor judgement on part of Mate who Resigned after accident
Signature
- Signed by
- J. T. Johnson · ASST. MGR.
- Company or by
- JENKINS STEAMSHIP CO.
- Date signed
- March 20, 1920
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- June 28th 1919 - 315 am
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American - Str. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
- 3 · Tonnage
- 6276 Gross Tons 4665 Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 14 Years
- 5 · Port registered
- Fairport, Ohio - Port of Hail
- 6 · Official number
- 203,170 Great Lakes Register
- 7 · Master and residence
- Geo. A. Atkinson, Algonac, Mich.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Jenkins Steamship Co - Clevc. O.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Ashland, Wisconsin - June 24 - 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Cleveland, Ohio
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- Thirty One
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $ 750,000 00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $ 50.000 00
- 16 · Cargo
- Iron Ore
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 8916 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- None
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- "
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $ 650.000 00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- ?
- 24 · Locality
- Head of Peche Is. abreast Windmill Point Detroit River
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Grounded - Out of Channel
- 26 · Cause
- Poor judgement on part of Mate who Resigned after accident
- 27 · Weather
- Dark and clear
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- Lightened & reloaded about 100 tons cargo. Tug Harding Lighter Resolute - Great Lakes Towing Co
- 30 · Remarks
- —