Olsen v. Cahill

THOMAS, District Judge.

In February, 1901, the tug Hallenbeck undertook to tow two scows to and from the mud buoy off Sandy Hook Lightship, and on the way No. 38, the after scow, went adrift, at about 8 o’clock in the evening, and was lost with her seowman. None of the 10 men on the tug discovered the loss until, after rounding the dumping buoy, the tug reached Craven Shoals, at about 12 o’clock midnight, on'her return trip. Thus for four hours the Hallenbeck 'went on her way, at least one hour of the time outward bound, and for three hours inward bound, and did not know that half of the…