The Peter Rinelli

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

On the afternoon of December 19, 1919, the Rinelli passed out of the Gap at Atlantic Basin shortly before 5 o’clock, bound for Gowanus. At the same time the tug Dalzell left Pier 45, Brooklyn, bound for the same Gap that the Rinelli left. A collision occurred between the tug and the steam lighter at a point the location of which is in dispute. Each vessel turned out into the river when the stem of the Dalzell struck the port side of the Rinelli amidships. About 10 minutes later the Dalzell sank. The tide was flood. It was snowing slightly. Sunset occurred at about 4:30.…