The William P. Hood

BROWN, District Judge.

This libel is for salvage services of the tug Carrie A. Ramsey to the three-masted schooner William P. Hood, in towing her into the stream from the Wilkesbarre pier, and from the vicinity of burning coal pockets, on the morning of December 18, 1900. The service occupied probably not more than 10 or 15 minutes, and was without the slightest risk, or even discomfort. The tug and her crew did nothing more meritorious or perilous than in the ordinary course of work in moving a schooner from the dock to the stream. The only question is as to the peril of the Hood, and…