Jamison v. Delaware, L. & W. R.

COXE, District Judge.

The collision in this case took place March 3, 1922, in broad daylight, opposite the Fulton Ferry slips on the Brooklyn side of the East River. The tide was strong ebb, and the weather clear. The tug, John Arbuekle, with Float 14 in tow alongside on her starboard side, was proceeding upstream near the middle of the river, but favoring the Brooklyn side, bound for the Jay Street Terminal, located beyond the Manhattan Bridge on the Brooklyn shore. The claimant’s tug Fulton was proceeding down the river at full speed, with Float 28 in tow on her starboard side, bound for…