Columbia Dredging Corp. v. New York, P. & N. R.

On the morning of January 16,1929, two mud scows towed by the tug Mary A. Biekel sank about 2% miles north of the shore line between Willoughby Spit and Cape Henry, directly off Little creek, which provides an entrance to the Pennsylvania Railroad terminals. That afternoon the Biekel returned *989with two buoys for the purpose of marking the location of the sunken scows as required by law; but the buoys were placed, not directly over them, but some distance away. Early next morning the tug Poeomoke, bound for the Little creek terminal, collided with one of the sunken scows and sustained serious…