The Zouave

ADAMS, District Judge.

The libellant claims to be entitled to recover damages from the tugs-Zouave, Uncle Abe and Belle McWilliams for an injury, caused by their negligence, to the barge D. & R. No. 7, owned by it, and the cargo of coal on board, of which it was bailee. The accident happened on the i6th day of February, 1902. The Zouave and Uncle Abe were towing, on hawsers, a flotilla of ten boats, arranged in two tiers of five each, of which No. 7 was the starboard boat in the last tier. The Zouave was the principal towing boat and about ahead of the centre of the tow. She was using two…