Van Pelt v. The Alaska

At a little past 12 o’clock on the night of December 2, 1883, when the steam-ship Alaska, bound for New York, was about 12 miles S. ¡3. E. from Eire Island light, the pilot-boat Columbia, in. preparing to put a pilot on the Alaska in answer to her signal, was run down and sunk, and all on board perished. The libel and supplemental libel were filed by the representatives of the principal owners of the Columbia, and by the personal representatives of four pilots and the cook, who wore on board at the time of the accident, and by the widows of the pilots and of the cook, to recover for the loss…