Mahanoy

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action arose out of a collision which occurred in New York Bay somewhat below Bedloe’s Island, about 6:20 o’clock p. m. on the 28th of November, 1902, between the tug Lewis Pulver, owned by the libellants, and the tug Mahanoy, owned by the Easton & Amboy Railroad Company. The Mahanoy struck the Pulver, at about right angles on the starboard side, somewhat abaft amidships, and the latter was so injured by the blow that she sank in a few minutes.

The Pulver was proceeding from Staten Island to the easterly side of the North River, and the Mahanoy from Jersey City to…