The Fontana
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The barge Fontana came into collision with the barge Santiago and was sunk almost instantly, the loss being practically total. The Fontana was bound down the St. Clair river in tow of the steamer Kaliyuga. The Santiago was bound up the river in tow of the steamer Appomattox.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. The barge Fontana came into collision with the barge Santiago and was sunk almost instantly, the loss being practically total. The Fontana was bound down the St. Clair river in tow of the steamer Kaliyuga. The Santiago was bound up the river in tow of the steamer Appomattox. The collision occurred near the mouth of the river, a little below and nearly abreast of the Fort Gratiot light, and slightly on the Canadian side of the range line. The channel is at that point about 1,100 feet wide, the sailing…
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, Circuit Judge
The two tows approached each other under passing signals, and in plain sight each of the other, and sailing on courses which would, if maintained, enable the Kaliyuga, and her tow, the Fontana, to pass at a safe distance on the starboard hand of the Appomattox and her tow, the Santiago. This course was kept until the steamers were almost abreast, the bow of the Kaliyuga being abreast of the stern of the Appomattox. Just at this moment the Santiago, which had up to this time followed very closely in the wake of the Appomattox, suddenly took a sheer to starboard, and came into collision, first…
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