Topsail Girl · collision
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 263–264 · No. 7
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Form header
- Running number
- 7
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 1, Port of Portland Maine
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D JUL 14 1919 ANS'D By · 14 Jul 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- Topsail Girl
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Topsail Girl · Gas, Am
- 6 · Official number
- 206144
- 3 · Tonnage
- 62-33 Gross Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 10 yrs
- 5 · Port registered
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Portland, Me- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -… - 7 · Master and residence
- William H. Johnson 76 Beckett Portland
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Portland, Me
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Between 6 & 7 a.m. Tuesday July 1 / 19
- 24 · Locality
- Between Spring Point + Bug light Portland Harbor, Me.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Boston, June 30 / 19 → Portland Me
- 27 · Weather
- Clear weather
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, 9 men crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $10.000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision with Str Texaco Port Arthur, Texas
26 · Cause, as written
Str blowing the wrong signals
Signature
- Signed by
- William H Johnson · Master
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- July 17 1919
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Between 6 & 7 a.m. Tuesday July 1 / 19
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am Gas Topsail Girl (wood)
- 3 · Tonnage
- 62-33 Gross Net
- 4 · Age or year built
- 10 yrs
- 5 · Port registered
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Portland, Me- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -… - 6 · Official number
- 206144
- 7 · Master and residence
- William H. Johnson 76 Beckett Portland
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Portland, Me
- 9 · Sailed from
- Boston, June 30 / 19
- 10 · Bound for
- Portland Me
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- 9 men
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $10.000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- —
- 16 · Cargo
- —
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- —
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $3000
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- —
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- None
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- ''
- 24 · Locality
- Between Spring Point + Bug light Portland Harbor, Me.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision with Str Texaco Port Arthur, Texas
- 26 · Cause
- Str blowing the wrong signals
- 27 · Weather
- Clear weather
- 28 · Measures taken
- all possible measure by vessel
- 29 · Assistance
- None vessel beached.
- 30 · Remarks
- —