Legal Opinion
Deep Sea Hydraulic Dredging Co. v. City of Alexandria
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 17, 1887PublishedCited by 8 opinions
In Admiralty.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On the ninth of ¡September, 1886, at about 5:12 p. m., as the steamer City of Alexandria was going out to sea, by way of the Swash channel in the Lower bay, she came in collision with the libel-ant’s dredge Queen, which had been employed by the government in dredging Gedney’s channel. The Queen was then returning from work to lie up for the night at Sandy ILook, and was in tow of the steam-tug Argus, on a hawser from 400 to 600 feet long. The stem of the steamer ran into the port bow of the dredge, cutting at least half way through her, and causing her to sink almost instantly, to the…
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