Lawrenceville Cement Co. v. The Susquehanna

On tho 16th of June, 1885, a few minutes past 4 p. m. , as the ferry-boat Susquehanna, from Pavonia ferry, N. 3., was crossing the North river, and approaching her slip at the foot of Chambers street, she came in collision with the libelant’s canal-boat, which was proceeding down river lashed to the starboard side of the tug Wm. 0. Nicol. The forward end of the ferry-boat struck the canal-boat at nearly right angles, probably angling from one to two points only up river, about 25 feet from the stern of the latter, damaging both boats, and injuring the cargo of the canal-boat, for which damage…