J. E. du Bignon · foundering
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 189–190 · No. 945
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- A typed crewlist for the schooner J. E. du Bignon is pasted or inserted over items 10 through 19.
- The text in item 28 appears to span the area of items 28 and 29.
Form header
- Running number
- 945
- Filed at
- Collection District No. , Port of
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D OCT 20 1920 ANS'D · 20 Oct 1920
- OCT 22 1920 · 22 Oct 1920
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
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- Stamps on the form
- TOTAL LOSSFOUNDERING
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- J. E. du Bignon · Sch
- 6 · Official number
- 76871
- 3 · Tonnage
- 593 Gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1890
- 5 · Port registered
- New York N.Y.
- 7 · Master and residence
- H. G. Brooks
- 8 · Owner and residence
- A. J. Hirt Co. Inc 45 Broad St
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- After Dec 24 - 1918
- 24 · Locality
- Cleared from New York on
- 9–10 · Voyage
- New York Dec 24 1918 → —
- 27 · Weather
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- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
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- 14 · Value of vessel
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25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Dec 24/18 for Buenos Aires and was never heard from
26 · Cause, as written
Vessel given up as total loss
Signature
- Signed by
- F T Hix
- Company or by
- F T Hix Co Inc
- Date signed
- Oct 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
- After Dec 24 - 1918
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Sch J. E. du Bignon (Wood)
- 3 · Tonnage
- 593 Gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1890
- 5 · Port registered
- New York N.Y.
- 6 · Official number
- 76871
- 7 · Master and residence
- H. G. Brooks
- 8 · Owner and residence
- A. J. Hirt Co. Inc 45 Broad St
- 9 · Sailed from
- New York Dec 24 1918
- 10 · Bound for
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- 11 · Passengers
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- 12 · Crew
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- 13 · Persons lost
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- 14 · Value of vessel
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- 15 · Value of cargo
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- 16 · Cargo
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- 17 · Deck load
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- 18 · Overladen
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- 19 · Cargo weight
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- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total Loss
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- Total Loss
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $71000 00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Fully Insured
- 24 · Locality
- Cleared from New York on
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Dec 24/18 for Buenos Aires and was never heard from
- 26 · Cause
- Vessel given up as total loss
- 27 · Weather
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- 28 · Measures taken
- Clear from New York for Buenos Aires on Dec 24 - 1918 and we never heard from Vessel given up as a total loss
- 29 · Assistance
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- 30 · Remarks
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