McCaldin v. Ice King
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by James McCaldin and another against the steam tug Ice King to recover damages suffered by the steam tug Mc-Caldin Brothers in a collision between the two boats. The Knickerbocker Steam Towage Company, as owner of the Ice King, filed a petition for limitation of liability. Limitation allowed, and decree for libelant for one half the damages.
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, District Judge.
A little after 11 o’clock on the night of October 6, 1891, the steam tug Ice King, having a barge in tow on a hawser of about 80 fathoms, in coming down the North river, after rounding Anthony’s Nose, where the river is not over 600 yards wide, came in collision with the steam tug McCaldin Brothers, which was going up the North river and was looking for a boat which she was to take out of a tow coming down. The stem of the Ice King, pointing nearly straight down river, struck the port bow of the McCaldin Brothers, which was heading probably some three or four points…
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