WILLIAM H. MURPHY · casualty
Wreck Report, 1 page · T925-0005, p. 62 · No. 883
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Form header
- Running number
- 883
- Filed at
- Collection District No. 18, Port of Pensacola,
- Received
- U. S. COAST GUARD REC'D JAN 18 1919 ANS'D By · 18 Jan 1919
- Vessel name written at top
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- Other numbers
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- Stamps on the form
- FOREIGNOTHER CAUSES
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- WILLIAM H. MURPHY · S/S, Am.
- 6 · Official number
- 204277
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross, 923; Net 673
- 4 · Age or year built
- 11 years.
- 5 · Port registered
- Pensacola, Fla.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Frank A. Wertanan; Pensacola, Fla.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Mengel Box Co., Jersey City, N. J.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Sunday, November 10th, 1918.
- 24 · Locality
- Port of Spain, Trinidad.
- 9–10 · Voyage
- Ponce, P.R., Ab't Nov.5, 1918, for oil. → Port of Spain, Trinidad.
- 27 · Weather
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- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, Eighteen crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $170,000.00
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Fire
26 · Cause, as written
Fire
Signature
- Signed by
- S.L. FRAZIER · Traffic Manager
- Company or by
- C.C. MENGEL & BRO. CO.
- Date signed
- December 31st 1918.
- Place
- Louisville, Ky.
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Sunday, November 10th, 1918.
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Am. S/S. "WILLIAM H. MURPHY", (wood)
- 3 · Tonnage
- Gross, 923; Net 673
- 4 · Age or year built
- 11 years.
- 5 · Port registered
- Pensacola, Fla.
- 6 · Official number
- 204,277 KWFG
- 7 · Master and residence
- Frank A. Wertanan; Pensacola, Fla.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- Mengel Box Co., Jersey City, N. J.
- 9 · Sailed from
- Ponce, P.R., Ab't Nov.5, 1918, for oil.
- 10 · Bound for
- Port of Spain, Trinidad.
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- Eighteen
- 13 · Persons lost
- None.
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $170,000.00
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $29,272.00
- 16 · Cargo
- 657,973 y.p.
- 17 · Deck load
- Yes
- 18 · Overladen
- No.
- 19 · Cargo weight
- 1392 tons
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- total $170,000.00
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- This will be furnished as soon as as-certained from consignors.
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- $170,000.00
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- $ 29,272.00
- 24 · Locality
- Port of Spain, Trinidad.
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Fire
- 26 · Cause
- Fire
- 27 · Weather
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- 28 · Measures taken
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- 29 · Assistance
- Officers and crew used fire extinguish-ing apparatus and water until forced to leave vessel.
- 30 · Remarks
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