The W. C. Smith

BREWSTER, District Judge.

The above-entitled libel and intervening petition are brought to recover compensation for salvage services rendered the schooner W. C. Smith. The evidence discloses the following facts:

The W. C. Smith is a British schooner of about 100 net tons. On the mprning of March 3, 1926, she was anchored in the Gloucester Harbor, south of Ten Pound Island, near the eastern shore. She had on board a cargo of fish. In the early morning a fire broke out forward, which was first' discovered by the captain of the Dorcas, a gas screw boat which was on her way out of the harbor. The…