Burke v. United States

BEAN, District Judge.

This is an action growing out of the collision of the steamship West Nomentum with the fishing schooner Nenamosha near the Columbia River Lightship on June 25,1925, in a dense fog.

The West Nomentum is 410 feet long, 53 feet beam, and a gross tonnage of 5,652 tons. The Nenamosha was a gasoline propelled schooner, 54 feet long, 14 feet beam, and 22-ton capacity. She was engaged in fishing for halibut along the Oregon coast. Her crew consisted of four men, who were interested in her operation and the profits of the venture.

On the afternoon of the accident the Nenamosha left…