The James A. McKenna

(after stating the facts as above). [1,2] Of the McKenna’s fault there seems to us no possible doubt. She had not yet left -the pier side when she .first saw the Transfer, and of course her tow had not either. Nothing prevented her from stopping where she was. She had the wind in her face and the tide would carry her hack to the pier; she could have lain where she was. On the other hand, it was plainly dangerous for her to try a turn which, as the event proved, she .could not make. Her defense is that the Transfer should have ported and given her more room, apparently on the notion that this…