The Mayumba

On the third of December, 1882, at about 11 a. m., as the steamer Mayumba was coming up from quarantine, when not far from Bedloe’s island, she met a largo tow going down, and came into collision with the port side of it, near the end of the tow, whereby several of the boats and their cargoes were damaged, on account of which the above six libels were filed. The day was clear; the bay unobstructed; the wind fresh from the N. W., blowing about 14 miles per hour; the tide, the lastof the ebb; the tow, running at about the rate of 3 to 3J knots per hour through the water. The tow consisted of…