The Djerissa
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Iti Admiralty. Dibel by one Paramor, master o£ 'the steamship Djerissa against the steamship Newa, to recover damages sustained in collision. Decree for libelant.
1Opinion of the Court
WAD DIED, District Judge.
About midday of the 11th of June, 1918, the Djerissa, a large ocean-going steamship, 350 feet long, 50 feet beam, 25 feet deep, was anchored in the waters of James river, Newport News harbor, about half a mile west of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway passenger pier and the Newa, also a large ocean steamship, 305 feet long, 43 feet beam, 23 feet deep, was anchored about 2 o’clock on the evening of the 12th of June, about a quarter of a mile to the westward of the Djerissa. While lying at anchor, about 9:30 on the night of the 12th of June, the Newa, in a sudden and…
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