The Columbian
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from tbe District Court of tbe United States for tbe District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a case of collision between the ocean steamer Columbian, of 8,050 gross tons, on a voyage from London to Boston, and the fishing schooner Ella M. Doughty, of about 71 tons. The collision occurred in a fog on the La Have banks shortly before midnight on August 30, 1898. The steamer had slowed down somewhat after entering the fog, but she was running between 9 and 10 knots. When she heard the horn from the schooner she stopped her engines, but she did not reverse until she saw the schooner’s white light. She was an overtaking vessel, coming up on the starboard…
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