The Lowther Castle
District Court, D. New Jersey
In Admiralty. Suit by John J. Wilson and'others against the steamship Lowther Castle.
1Opinion of the Court
RELLSTAB, District Judge.
Libel by the captain and crew of the steam tug James A. Garfield against the British steamship Lowther Castle for sendees rendered in towing her from pier 3 of the Tide Water Oil Company at Bayonne, N. J., on November 19, 1910, shortly after an explosion of one of the oil tanks of such company, and during the conflagration. that ensued. Libelants claim that the services thus rendered were salvage services, while the claimant contends that they were mere towage, for which a settlement had been made with the owner of such steam tug by the payment of $100.
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