Capital City · collision
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 286–287 · No. 20
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- Item 23 is blank.
- Handwritten note in left margin of remarks: Estimated damage to 'Irene S Willis' less than $300.
Form header
- Running number
- 20
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 28, Port of San Francisco, Cal.
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D AUG 4 1919 · 4 Aug 1919
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- Capital City · Str, Am
- 6 · Official number
- 208044
- 3 · Tonnage
- 708 net 1149 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- built 1910
- 5 · Port registered
- San Francisco
- 7 · Master and residence
- John F. Stephenson, Courtland, Cal
- 8 · Owner and residence
- California Transportation Co. S.F.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- 10.05 P.M. Saturday July 19. 1919
- 24 · Locality
- Near Middle point, Suisun Bay, Cal
- 9–10 · Voyage
- San Francisco July 19. 1919 → Sacramento.
- 27 · Weather
- Strong S. W. Wind, hazy weather, choppy sea. dark.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- 172 passengers, 66 crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $325000 00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Collision with Schooner "Paul & Willie" of San Francisco.
26 · Cause, as written
No lights observed on Schooner
Signature
- Signed by
- John J Stephenson · Master
- Company or by
- —
- Date signed
- July 29th, 1919
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- 10.05 P.M. Saturday July 19. 1919
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am Str Capital City Wood
- 3 · Tonnage
- 708 net 1149 gross
- 4 · Age or year built
- built 1910
- 5 · Port registered
- San Francisco
- 6 · Official number
- 208.044.
- 7 · Master and residence
- John F. Stephenson, Courtland, Cal
- 8 · Owner and residence
- California Transportation Co. S.F.
- 9 · Sailed from
- San Francisco July 19. 1919
- 10 · Bound for
- Sacramento.
- 11 · Passengers
- 172
- 12 · Crew
- 66
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $325000 00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $30,000 00
- 16 · Cargo
- General Merchandise.
- 17 · Deck load
- Yes.
- 18 · Overladen
- No.
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 153 tons.
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- None
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- None
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $75000 00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- —
- 24 · Locality
- Near Middle point, Suisun Bay, Cal
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Collision with Schooner "Paul & Willie" of San Francisco.
- 26 · Cause
- No lights observed on Schooner
- 27 · Weather
- Strong S. W. Wind, hazy weather, choppy sea. dark.
- 28 · Measures taken
- Every possible precaution. Engines stopped and reversed full speed astern.
- 29 · Assistance
- Launched life boat and remained about the vicinity for about one hour to render any assistance needed.
- 30 · Remarks
- The man at the wheel of the schooner was knocked overboard by the concussion and evidently drowned immediately as no trace could be found of the body, after a careful search in the life boat.