The Buckeye

Blodgett, D. J.

This is a libel by the owners of the steam canal-boat Montauk against the steam-propeller Buckeye, for damages by a collision in the waters of the south branch of the Chicago river, between the Buckeye and the Montauk, on the evening of August 19, 1880, whereby the Montauk was sunk and her cargo proved a total loss to its owners.

Norton & Co. file the libel in their own behalf, as owners of the Montauk, for the damages and demurrage sustained by them as such owners, and also in behalf of the insurance company who had issued a policy to them upon the cargo, and who have paid for…