W.D.HOSSACK · casualty
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 253–254 · No. 3
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- Item 20: Struck through text (Total loss) before 'Water logged', and a rubber stamp 'TOTAL LOSS' applied.
- Item 21: A rubber stamp 'TOTAL LOSS' applied.
- Item 25: A rubber stamp 'FOUNDERING' applied.
Form header
- Running number
- 3
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 18, Port of PENSACOLA, FLA.
- Received
- REC'D JUL 10 1919 ANS'D By · 10 Jul 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
- Stamps on the form
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- W.D.HOSSACK · Schr, American
- 6 · Official number
- 2933
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross 330 Net 272
- 4 · Age or year built
- 47 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Mobile, Ala
- 7 · Master and residence
- W.C.Hunter, Mobile, Ala
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Mobile & Gulf Navigation Co: Mobile
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 10. A.M. Friday July 4th, 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Pensacola bearing N, 1/4 E. 25 miles
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Mobile, Ala., July 1st, 1919 → Gibara, Cuba
- 27 · Weather
- 75 to 80 miles per hour
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, Seven crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $20.000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Foundered FOUNDERING
26 · Cause, as written
Strong Tropical Storm
Signature
- Signed by
- N E Austin · Master
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- July 7th, 1919
- Place
- Pensacola, Fla.,
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- 10. A.M. Friday July 4th, 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- American: Schr: "W.D.HOSSACK" wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross 330 Net 272
- 4 · Age or year built
- 47 years
- 5 · Port registered
- Mobile, Ala
- 6 · Official number
- 2933
- 7 · Master and residence
- W.C.Hunter, Mobile, Ala
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Mobile & Gulf Navigation Co: Mobile
- 9 · Sailed from
- Mobile, Ala., July 1st, 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Gibara, Cuba
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- Seven
- 13 · Persons lost
- none
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $20.000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- 12.000
- 16 · Cargo
- Rough & Dressed P.P.Lumber
- 17 · Deck load
- yes
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- about 400 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- Total loss Water logged TOTAL LOSS
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- Total loss TOTAL LOSS
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- Amount of value
- 24 · Locality
- Pensacola bearing N, 1/4 E. 25 miles
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Foundered FOUNDERING
- 26 · Cause
- Strong Tropical Storm
- 27 · Weather
- 75 to 80 miles per hour
- 28 · Measures taken
- Every measure possible
- 29 · Assistance
- None except from the crew
- 30 · Remarks
- All hands stood by until 8-P.M. Friday July 4,1919.,We then took to the boats and landed at 5.30 P.M. on Sturday 5th,one and one half mileseast of the Coast Guard Station on Santa Rosa Island