New York & N. R. v. The Greenville
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel for collision brought by the Hew York & Horthern Railroad Company against the steam tug Greenville and scow Ho. 40, the tug Devoe being subsequently brought in on petition of the original defendants. Decree against the Greenville alone.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
About 7:30 o’clock in the evening of September 15, 1892, the libelant’s car boat Ho. 2, being in tow on the starboard side of the tug Devoe, while proceeding up the Harlem river, and soon after passing through the easterly passage of the draw of the Third Avenue bridge, came in collision with scow Ho. 40, which was coming down the river in tow of the steam tug Greenville, upon a hawser 25 or 30 feet in length. The tugs, after the exchange of a signal of two whistles, were passing starboard to starboard; and the float, striking the starboard bow of the scow, which…
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