The Wreck Files

Crescent · casualty

Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 175–176 · No. 939

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Report of Casualty, Crescent, page 175

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Reader’s notes on the scan

  • Number 212283 is written near item 6.
  • Text '4 mi. E. of Wolf Point, Mont.' is written under the label for item 24.

Form header

Running number
939
Filed at
Collection District No. 33, Port of Great Falls
Received
  • U. S. COAST GUARD. REC'D JUL 24 1920 ANS'D · 24 Jul 1920
Vessel name written at top
—
Other numbers
—
Stamps on the form
RIVERSOTHER CAUSES

Vessel

2 · Name, rig, nationality
Crescent · Gasoline Power, American
6 · Official number
—Also written nearby: 212283
3 · Tonnage
35 Gross 27 Net
4 · Age or year built
4 years. Built in 1914
5 · Port registered
Great Falls, Mont.
7 · Master and residence
W. J. Holderman Wolf Point, Mont.
8 · Owner and residence
Holderman & Carr. " " "

Casualty

1 · Date
5. am Thursday Dec 12 - 1918
24 · Locality
Macon Ferry Landing
9–10 · Voyage
— → In the Ferry Business
27 · Weather
No wind - Dark Night
11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
no passengers, 2 crew, no persons lost
14 · Value of vessel
$ 3000 00

25 · Nature of casualty, as written

Cabins destroyed By Ice

26 · Cause, as written

Ice Piled on top of Boat

Signature

Signed by
W. H. Holderman · Master & Part owner
Company or by
—
Date signed
July 3 , 1920
Place
—
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.

1 · Date of casualty
5. am Thursday Dec 12 - 1918
2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
American Build - Gasoline Power - Name - Crescent - of wood
3 · Tonnage
35 Gross 27 Net
4 · Age or year built
4 years. Built in 1914
5 · Port registered
Great Falls, Mont.
6 · Official number
Unknown
7 · Master and residence
W. J. Holderman Wolf Point, Mont.
8 · Owner and residence
Holderman & Carr. " " "
9 · Sailed from
—
10 · Bound for
In the Ferry Business
11 · Passengers
None
12 · Crew
2
13 · Persons lost
None
14 · Value of vessel
$ 3000 00
15 · Value of cargo
None
16 · Cargo
None
17 · Deck load
None
18 · Overladen
No
19 · Cargo weight
—
20 · Loss or insurance (20)
$ 500 00
21 · Loss or insurance (21)
—
22 · Loss or insurance (22)
None
23 · Loss or insurance (23)
—
24 · Locality
Macon Ferry Landing
25 · Nature of casualty
Cabins destroyed By Ice
26 · Cause
Ice Piled on top of Boat
27 · Weather
No wind - Dark Night
28 · Measures taken
Unable to do any think
29 · Assistance
—
30 · Remarks
was Caused By a Fall Break up of the Ice which Caused and Ice Jam that Piled on the Boat and Destroyed the Cabins and Every thing above Deck #