Koch v. The Mary L. Cushing

BROWN, District Judge.

In the heavy storm of August 24, 1893, the ship Mary L. Cushing, of 1,575 tons net register, which was moored at the Erie basin, broke adrift, and was carried against the libelant’s bark, Eolus, a somewhat smaller vessel, moored on the opposite side of the slip, and caused damages, for which the above libel was filed. The steamer was made fast by an anchor chain leading forward from the hawse pipe to a spile directly ahead, and standing a little inside of the bulkhead, in line with the ship; also by two chains leading from a cavil near the fore mast through a chock a…