Pennsylvania R. v. The Robert H. Burnett

The tug Robert H. Burnett was employed to tow the libelant’s barge, laden with 262 tons of coal, from Jersey City to Harlem station. The barge was securely lashed to the port side of the tug, and was the only tow. The weather was fair, the time a little after noon, and the tide about a quarter flood, when, at a point about abreast of or little above One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, in Harlem river, the barge struck on a rock, at the distance of from 100 to 110 feet from the western shore, and was so badly injured that she bad to be beached to prevent her sinking. At low tide the depth of…