The Bayonne
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by the Cornell Steamboat Company, as owner of the steam tug Edwin Terry, against the steam lighter Bayonne; the Central Railroad of New Jersey, claimant. Decree for respondent, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
April 5, 1911, the steam tug Edwin Terry, and the steam tug J. H. Williams on her port side as helper, were towing a flotilla of 12 light boats on hawsers up the North river in a thick fog against an ebb tide of two knots. At the same time the steam lighter Bayonne was crossing the river on her way from Communipaw to Pier 10 on the New York side. At a point about opposite Pier A the Bayonne came into collision with the Terry. As soon as they discovered each other all the vessels went full speed astern. The Williams being shorter than the Terry, and having a single engine…
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