The Strathallan

CHATFIELD, District Judge.

The libelant was injured by a draft of railroad-iron rails, in the hold of the steamer Strathallan, .on the 27th day of July, 1908, when he, with a number of other stevedores, was engaged in releasing the rails from the slings and stowing them in the hold. Two winches were used at the hatch in question, each operated by separate winchmen upon the deck of the steamer, while a gangwayman gave signals directly to the winchmen for the operation of the winches. The steamer had eight of these winches in operation at the time, of which six were run by the crew of the…