The Robert H. Cook
District Court, N.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libels by the Western Assurance Company and by the British & Foreign Marine Insurance Company, Limited, against the steam tug Robert II. Cook. Decrees for libelants for half damages.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
As both the above cases arise out of the same accident, they will be considered together.
April 27, 1909, at about 9 a. m., the canal boat “Fred Grube,” laden with a cargo of coals with some 28 other loaded boats, was taken in tow by the steam tug Robert 11. Cook, owned by Lake Champlain Transportation Company, at Whitehall, N. Y., bound north for the port of Quebec, Canada. The tow was made up in 14 tiers, two boats abreast, with a single boat in the rear of the line. The “Fred Grube” was the outside port boat of the tenth tier. When the tow started out the wind was…
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