The Georgia
District Court, D. Rhode Island
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by Donald B. Smith, master of the steamer Seaconnet, against the steamer Georgia, tire Hartford & New York Transportation Company, claimant, with cross-libel against the Seaconnet.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
These libels grow out of a collision in Narragansett Bay on the early morning of March 15, 1913, between the Seaconnet, a steel collier, 265 feet,'3,800 tons, trading between Norfolk, Boston, and Providence, and the Georgia, a steel single-screw steamer, 280 feet, engaged in regular service between New York and Providence with passengers and cargo, on the so-called Bay State Line.
The Seaconnet was at anchor and the collision occurred in a thick fog, about 6:10 a. m., at a point whose exact location is disputed, but somewhere in the vicinity of buoy No. 7, known as the…
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