Gould v. Pennsylvania R. R.

GALSTON, District Judge.

The Jerry E, a deck scow loaded with a cargo of 468 tons of buckwheat coal, left South Amboy on May 14, 1938 at about 4:45 P. M. in tow of the tug Baltimore. There were eleven boats in the tow, the Jerry E having been placed in the last or third tier on the port side. On a previous trip the captain of the barge had taken -the Jerry E from Edgewater with 444 tons of-.coal, which cargo was carried without difficulty.

The scow was equipped with a centrifugal pump and also a hand pump, both located at the stern starboard corner. The boat was trimmed to the pump, being a…