Fredericksen v. McDonald
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Frederic Dodge, Judge. Suit for collision by John L. McDonald and others against the steam-tug Teaser, Harry W. Law, claimant; and the barge Harrisburg, George Fredericksen, claimant. Decree for libelants, and claimants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
AEDRICH, District Judge.
The collision in question was in Vineyard Sound, and was between a sailing vessel and a barge in tow.
The barge Harrisburg, together with another, was being towed westerly by the steamtug Teaser, and bound for Philadelphia. The sailing vessel was the schooner Demozelle, heavily loaded with coal, and was on a voyage from a New Jersey port to New Brunswick.
The collision was in the nighttime. The tow of the steamtug was something like 2,600 feet in length, and when the steamtug and thfe schooner discovered each other they were from a mile to a mile and a half apart, and…
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