František and Františka Vybíral (JÍROVSKÝ)
Definition:
“One who took out/selected”
František Vybíral and his wife Františka (JÍROVSKÝ) immigrated to the United States on May 16, 1882. They arrived at Castle Garden (pre-Ellis Island immigration entry/location), the British Sailing Ship, the Vandalia, with 5 children: Katerina, Josef, Jan, František, and Marie. Marie was only 3 years old. Katerina was the oldest at 19. This was part steamship and part sailing ship. She often depended on the wind for more speed.
Vybiral Passenger List 1882
British Sailing Ship SS Vandalia
The “Vandalia” was built in 1871 by Caird & Co, Greenock for the Hamburg America Line. She was a 2,810 gross ton ship, length 330ft x beam 39ft, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw, and a speed of 11 knots. There was accommodation for 150-1st, 70-2nd, and 150-3rd class passengers. Launched on 4/22/1871 and meant for the New Orleans service, she started her maiden voyage on 6/28/1871 when she left Hamburg for New York. She made 27 North Atlantic crossings, starting the last 2/12/1883, and was then sold to British owners. In 1884, she was purchased by the Hamburg Hansa Line, renamed “Kehrwieder,” and on 4/12/1885, commenced Hamburg – Montreal sailings. She made her last voyage on this service on 10/17/1891, and on 3/15/1892, she made a single-round voyage between Hamburg and Boston. She was taken over by the Hamburg America Line, together with the rest of the Hamburg Hansa Line fleet, and resumed sailings between Hamburg and Boston on 8/10/1892. In 1895, she was renamed “Polonia,” and in 1897, she was sold and scrapped at Spezia.
The Court, having carefully inquired into the circumstances attending the above-mentioned shipping casualty, finds, for the reasons stated in the annex hereto, that the abandonment of the "Vandalia" by the master, Mr. George Alfred Coonan, was, under the circumstances, justifiable; and that the cause of the loss of life on the "Vandalia" was that the force of the collision threw the starboard anchor over the rail, it falling on the look-out man, who was at his post, and who was killed on the spot. Dated this Eleventh day of April 1889. Sucks for that "Look-out man".