The Baron Innerdale
District Court, E.D. New York
This was a libel by Eduardo Capitano against the steamship Baron Innerdale to recover damages for a personal injury, on the ground of negligence.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge,
This accident happened on the 17th day of October, 1898. The libelant was one of several stevedores engaged in unloading the steamer Baron Innerdale, through the bunker hatch. The libelant’s immediate duty was attendance upon the winch near such hatch at which the lift was operated, which was attached to a boom, used as a derrick, fitted in a gooseneck, and suspended with a l-¡-inch wire rope running forward to the mainmast, and a similar rone on each side fastened to the boom by sister hooks, made of one-half inch wrought iron, which were clamped on to the derrick. At…
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