The North Star

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a petition for the limitation of liability brought by the owner of the passenger steamship North Star. It was fully heard in open court. The facts are as follows':

The North Star was a passenger steamer about 300 feet long, plying between Boston and Yarmouth, N. S. On the morning of August 8, 1919, she stranded in a fog on Green Island, 6 or 7 miles south of the entrance to Yarmouth Harbor, and became a total loss. She had on board at the time about 300 passengers; but fortunately, there was no loss of life. The damage claimants, by whom the petition is opposed,…