The George W. Peavey

HAZEL, District Judge.

This is a suit for damages for injuries to the schooner barge Chippewa, caused by a collision between said barge and the large steamer George W. Peavey, on the night of July 28, 1906, in St: Clair Flats Canal, at the mouth of St. Clair river. The steamer Cherokee, with the barge in tow, was downbound from Escanaba to Cleveland. When she arrived in St. Clair Ship Canal, she checked her speed and blew a passing signal to the steamer Brittanic, which was proceeding up the canal, and as she passed the Brittanic she exchanged passing signals with another steamer, the George…