ROAMER · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 213–214 · No. 2566
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Reader’s notes on the scan
- Checkmarks in pencil near items 2-6.
- Name 'Edw. L. Townsley' is written at the top center of the page.
- Signature name might be Edw L Townsend or Edw L Feurling, cursive is ambiguous.
- Form number 3-3410 is printed at bottom right of instructions.
Form header
- Running number
- 2566
- Filed at
- Evansville, Indiana
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D AUG 8 1921 ANS'D · 8 Aug 1921
- RECEIVED AUG 1 1921 CUSTOM HOUSE EVANSVILLE, IND. · 1 Aug 1921
- Vessel name written at top
- Edw. L. Townsley
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- OTHER CAUSESRIVERS
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- ROAMER · Gas Stern Wheel, Am.
- 6 · Official number
- 204128
- 3 · Tonnage
- 8 gross 8 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built in 1907.
- 5 · Port registered
- Evansville, Ind.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Edw. L. Townsley, Vincennes, Ind.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Roamer Boat Club, " "
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- March 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Foot of Buntin St., Vincennes, Ind
- 9–10 · Voyage
- —
- 27 · Weather
- —
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, no crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $200.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Sunk by running ice.
26 · Cause, as written
neglect
Signature
- Signed by
- Edw L Feurling · Master
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- August 3, 1921
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- March 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am. ROAMER, Gas Stern Wheel - Wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 8 gross 8 net
- 4 · Age or year built
- Built in 1907.
- 5 · Port registered
- Evansville, Ind.
- 6 · Official number
- 204128
- 7 · Master and residence
- Edw. L. Townsley, Vincennes, Ind.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Roamer Boat Club, " "
- 9 · Sailed from
- —
- 10 · Bound for
- —
- 11 · Passengers
- none
- 12 · Crew
- none
- 13 · Persons lost
- none
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $200.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- none
- 16 · Cargo
- —
- 17 · Deck load
- no
- 18 · Overladen
- no
- 19 · Cargo weight
- —
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- total
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- —
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- none
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- none
- 24 · Locality
- Foot of Buntin St., Vincennes, Ind
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Sunk by running ice.
- 26 · Cause
- neglect
- 27 · Weather
- —
- 28 · Measures taken
- None
- 29 · Assistance
- —
- 30 · Remarks
- Hour of day and day of week not known as the boat was tied to landing