Rauch v. Gulf Refining Co.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

Libellants, members of the crew of the Tugs Port Allen, Port Hudson, and Humrick, all owned and operated by Crescent Towing and Salvage Company, Inc., assert a claim against respondents for salvage services rendered to three tank barges, owned by Black Warrior Towing Company, and gasoline cargo in the barges owned by-'thé-Gulf-Refining *844Company. An explosion followed by fire on the barges while they were moored to the Gulf Refining Company dock near Gretna, Louisiana, placed the vessels and cargo in the jeopardy requiring the salvage. The details of this explosion and…