The Dorchester
District Court, D. Maryland
In Admiralty. Libel and cross-libel for collision. This is a case of collision in the nighttime, with clear weather, between two steamers in the Chesapeake Bay, at a point about a mile and a half E. by S. from Smith’s Point light.
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In Admiralty. Libel and cross-libel for collision. This is a case of collision in the nighttime, with clear weather, between two steamers in the Chesapeake Bay, at a point about a mile and a half E. by S. from Smith’s Point light. Shortly before the collision the Dorchester had been proceeding down the bay on a course S. by E. % E., and the Thorn-hill coming up on a course N. by E. The case stated in the libel filed by the owners of the Dorchester is as follows: At 2:45 a. m. May 3, 1902, the red light and bright masthead light of a steamship were seen about 2 miles off, 3 points on…
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, District Judge
(after stating the facts). When the steamers were 5 miles apart,'the Dorchester was about 3 miles above Smith’s Point light, and the Thornhill about 2 miles below, and in rounding the light both steamers would normally make a change of course of about a point and a half to westward. Before making the change the vessel going down would exhibit her green light to the vessel coming up, while the latter would exhibit her red light to the former. The speed of the Dorchester was about 13 miles an *891hour, and the Thornhill’s speed hardly more than half as much; at the most, not exceeding 8 miles…
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