The Barge No. 127

BROWN, District Judge.

This libel is for salvage services rendered by the steam tug George S. Tice, her master and crew, to *530the steel whaleback Barge 127, in removing her from proximity to burning coal pockets on the Wilkesbarre pier, in the Providence river, and anchoring her in the stream. Fire broke out in the coal pockets on the pier at about 5:4o a. m., December 18, 1900. Barge No. 127 was lying at the Wilkesbarre pier on the northerly side, heading eastward. Behind her was the barge Felix. The George S. Tice was bound up the river with a barge in tow, and was, nearly abreast of the pier…