Peter · total loss
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 240–241 · No. 970
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- Item 2: Pencil correction 'scow' beside label.
- Item 5: Pencil correction 'St Michaels' beside label.
- TOTAL LOSS stamped in space for Item 20.
- OTHER CAUSES stamped in space for Item 25.
- Handwritten notes over item 30 prompt box: 'Wreck report dated Dec 18/14 on file - Outstanding document surrendered - Sept 7, 1923 a/c wrecked'
- Part of the word 'evidentally' in item 30 answer is misspelled as written on the page.
Form header
- Running number
- 970
- Filed at
- Collection District No. _________, Port of Seattle,
- Received
- COAST GUARD NOV 26 1924 · 26 Nov 1924
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- RIVERSTOTAL LOSSOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Peter · River barge, American
- 6 · Official number
- 54606
- 3 · Tonnage
- 458
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1902
- 5 · Port registered
- Juneau
- 7 · Master and residence
- —
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Waechter Bros Co. Seattle
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- May 1919 (exact date unknown)
- 24 · Locality
- Chena Alaska,in Tanana River
- 9–10 · Voyage
- — → Lying in winter quarters
- 27 · Weather
- —
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, no crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $7,000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Broken up by ice.
26 · Cause, as written
—
Signature
- Signed by
- C.A. Waechter · V. Pres.
- Company or by
- Waechter Bros Co.
- Date signed
- Nov. 14, 1924
- Place
- —
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Verbatim from the form. Item labels are approximate; the printed wording varies by year.
- 1 · Date of casualty
- May 1919 (exact date unknown)
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American "Peter" Wood River barge
- 3 · Tonnage
- 458
- 4 · Age or year built
- 1902
- 5 · Port registered
- Juneau
- 6 · Official number
- 54606
- 7 · Master and residence
- —
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Waechter Bros Co. Seattle
- 9 · Sailed from
- —
- 10 · Bound for
- Lying in winter quarters
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- None
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $7,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- None
- 16 · Cargo
- None
- 17 · Deck load
- None
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- None
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $7,000.00
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- None
- 24 · Locality
- Chena Alaska,in Tanana River
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Broken up by ice.
- 26 · Cause
- —
- 27 · Weather
- —
- 28 · Measures taken
- —
- 29 · Assistance
- —
- 30 · Remarks
- This barge was laying in winter quarters, and was wrecked by the moving ice in the spring. An earlier report was made and mailed to St Michael,but evidentally not received by the collector.