The I. W. Nicholas

HAZEL, District Judge.

Early in'the morning of November 4, 1903, the steel vessel I. W. Nicholas, owing to foggy weather, stranded on the south side of Simmons’ Reef, in the northern part of Lake Michigan, about a quarter of a mile from the gas buoy and not far distant from the usual pathway. She went aground forward and to about midships. The libelant, owner of the steamship Amazonas, claims salvage for services rendered by that vessel to the Nicholas. The salvor was bound from Chicago to Buffalo with a cargo of corn and oats, and when near Simmons’ Reef heard signals of distress. She…