City of Beaumont · collision
Report of Casualty, 2 pages · T925-0005, pp. 79–80 · No. 833
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Form header
- Running number
- 833
- Filed at
- —
- Received
- U.S. COAST GUARD REC'D DEC 2 1918 ANS'D · 2 Dec 1918
- Vessel name written at top
- —
- Other numbers
- —
Vessel
- 2 · Name, rig, nationality
- City of Beaumont · Aux.Bktne.
- 6 · Official number
- —
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2000.Net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- A mos. about
- 5 · Port registered
- Orange,Texas.
- 7 · Master and residence
- Wm. Butler,Yarmouth,N.S.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- "City of Beaumont"Ship.Co. Orange,Tex.
Casualty
- 1 · Date
- Dec. 10, 1918. About noon.
- 24 · Locality
- Mooring grounds,Bay Ridge Flats,N.Y..
- 9–10 · Voyage
- New York,N.Y., Dec.10,1918. → Cette, France.
- 27 · Weather
- 27N.N.W-Half; clear weather; calm seas.
- 11–13 · Passengers / crew / lost
- no passengers, About 30,Men crew, no persons lost
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $350,000
25 · Nature of casualty, as written
Rammed at stern by Shipping Board S/S "Westlands" Hailing from France.
26 · Cause, as written
Negligence on part of "Westlands"
Signature
- Signed by
- Henry R[illegible] · Agent
- Company or by
- THE TEXAS COMPANY, Marine Dept., [illegible]
- Date signed
- November 25th, 1919
- Place
- —
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- 1 · Date of casualty
- Dec. 10, 1918. About noon.
- 2 · Vessel, rig, nationality
- Aux.Bktne."City of Beaumont"
- 3 · Tonnage
- 2000.Net.
- 4 · Age or year built
- A mos. about
- 5 · Port registered
- Orange,Texas.
- 6 · Official number
- —
- 7 · Master and residence
- Wm. Butler,Yarmouth,N.S.
- 8 · Owner and residence
- "City of Beaumont"Ship.Co. Orange,Tex.
- 9 · Sailed from
- New York,N.Y., Dec.10,1918.
- 10 · Bound for
- Cette, France.
- 11 · Passengers
- None
- 12 · Crew
- About 30,Men
- 13 · Persons lost
- None
- 14 · Value of vessel
- $350,000
- 15 · Value of cargo
- $800,000.
- 16 · Cargo
- General
- 17 · Deck load
- No
- 18 · Overladen
- No
- 19 · Cargo weight
- —
- 20 · Loss or insurance (20)
- $125,000.
- 21 · Loss or insurance (21)
- $20,000
- 22 · Loss or insurance (22)
- —
- 23 · Loss or insurance (23)
- $500,000.
- 24 · Locality
- Mooring grounds,Bay Ridge Flats,N.Y..
- 25 · Nature of casualty
- Rammed at stern by Shipping Board S/S "Westlands" Hailing from France.
- 26 · Cause
- Negligence on part of "Westlands"
- 27 · Weather
- 27N.N.W-Half; clear weather; calm seas.
- 28 · Measures taken
- 28.
- 29 · Assistance
- 29. Temporary repairs were immediately executed while afloat to enable S/s to proceed to port of discharge.
- 30 · Remarks
- 30. Sch. was lying motionless at anchor waiting to be towed to sea, when rammed by steamer. Cutted amid[illegible].