The Cyclone

The libels in the above two cases were filed by the owners of the steam-tugs Levy and Purcell to recover compensation for salvage services rendered to the bark Cyclone and her cargo, consisting of-barrels of naphtha, in rescuing them from a fire which occurred at Pratt’s oil docks, near Bushwick creek, Brooklyn, on Sunday evening, August 8, 1880. The fire broke out about 9 p. m. on board the bark Nietau, which was moored in the slip on the north side of the wharf. The Cyclone was moored at the end of the wharf, her stem heading down the stream, and her stern extending northward beyond the…