Loheola · foundering
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 169–170 · No. 939
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- Item 1 has '1918' written below the line, added in pencil or pen.
- Item 23 gives amount in Pounds Sterling.
- Numbers partially visible on the left border but are from an underlying page or film artifact.
Form header
- Running number
- 939
- Filed at
- Collection District No. _____________, Port of __________________
- Received
- RECEIVED JUN 2 9 1920 MARINE DIVISION · 29 Jun 1920
- RECEIVED JUL 10 1920 AUDD · 10 Jul 1920
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- AT SEATOTAL LOSSFOUNDERING
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Loheola · Schr., Amer
- 6 · Official number
- 216198
- 3 · Tonnage
- 791.13 Gross Tons
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1918 At So. Jacksonville, Fla.
- 5 · Port registered
- Phila.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Mr. Self
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Pure Cane Mola Corp., 5 Exchg Pl.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Probably between Nov. 10, & Mar. 15/19 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Not known but probably off coast Main
- 9–10 · Voyage
- St. Kitts, October 9, 1918 → St. John, N.B.
- 27 · Weather
- Not known
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, Nine (9) crew, All persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $90,000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Undetermined; probably foundered
26 · Cause, as written
Not known
Signature
- Signed by
- Joseph Fleischer · Mgr Mar Dept
- Company or by
- Sugar Products Co.
- Date signed
- June 28 1920
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- Probably between Nov. 10, & Mar. 15/19 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Amer Schr. "Loheola" (Wood)
- 3 · Tonnage
- 791.13 Gross Tons
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built 1918 At So. Jacksonville, Fla.
- 5 · Port registered
- Phila.
- 6 · Official number
- 216198
- 7 · Master and residence
- Mr. Self
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Pure Cane Mola Corp., 5 Exchg Pl.
- 9 · Sailed from
- St. Kitts, October 9, 1918
- 10 · Bound for
- St. John, N.B.
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- Nine (9)
- 13 · Persons lost
- All
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $90,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $108,000.00
- 16 · Cargo
- Molasses
- 17 · Deck load
- No.
- 18 · Overladen
- No.
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 1050 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total Loss
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- Total Loss
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $77,000
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- £26025
- 24 · Locality
- Not known but probably off coast Main
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Undetermined; probably foundered
- 26 · Cause
- Not known
- 27 · Weather
- Not known
- 28 · Measures taken
- Unknown
- 29 · Assistance
- Unknown
- 30 · Remarks
- We have never received any information of any kind since this vessel sailed from St. Kitts, except press reports that a capsized hull had been sighted on the coast of Maine on which there appeared numbers corresponding to the official number of the "LOHOCLA"