The Wissoe

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a libel to recover compensation for salvage services rendered to the Wissoe. The facts are as follows :

The Wissoe, a gasoline motorboat, caught fire in the outer harbor of Gloucester, which is within the city limits. Her master and crew were taken off by the life saving crew, and she was towed out of the channel and anchored some little distance offshore. An effort was made by the officer of the life saving crew to get the fireboat from Gloucester, but by mistake land apparatus was sent. A second effort was made to get the fireboat, which resulted in a telephone…