Ward v. Dampskibselskabet Kjoebenhaven

HOLEAND, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the widow of John M. B. Ward, quarantine physician at Marcus Hook, on the Delaware river, against the owner of the steamship Euxinia, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the libelant’s intestate in falling through a coal bunker hatch on the respondent’s steamship on January 21, 1903. The accident resulted in the death of Dr. Ward. At the time of the accident the vessel was in the Dela*503ware river, near the quarantine station at Marcus Hook, and was taking in coal from two tugs alongside. It was about 7 o’clock in the evening…