The Edouard Alfred
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the Empire Water Company, Incorporated, owner of the steam lighter Tivingston, against the steam tug Edouard Alfred.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIEDD, District Judge.
On the morning of October 7, 1918, the steam lighter Eivingston, 81 feet over all and 25 feet wide, *681which had been lying overnight some 400 or 500 feet in from the end of the pier at Thirty-First street, Brooklyn, started for Pier 8, Hoboken. This pier extends diagonally into the wide stretch of water where Gowanus Canal emerges into New York Bay. There are several hundred feet of clear water between the end of the pier and boats moored at the wharves upon the opposite side of the creek.^ Thelfivingston apparently blew a whistle which was intended as a slip whistle,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The Bouker No. 2Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
- The M. MoranCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918
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