McCullough v. New York & N. Steamboat Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by Mary McCullough, administratrix of Patrick McCullough, against the owners of two vessels, alleging negligent collision by which the intestate lost his life. Libel by owner of one of the vessels to recover damages for collision.
1Opinion of the Court
BBQWH, District Judge.
At about half past 3 o’clock in the morning of March 30, 1892, the steam tug Transfer Ho. 4, having a *100railroad car float, 225 feet long, in tow on her starboard side, and projecting about 40 feet ahead of her, was proceeding up the East river against the ebb tide through the easterly channel between Blackwell’s island and the Long Island shore, at the rate of about 2 knots per hour by land. She was bound for the Hew Haven docks • in the Harlem river. The weather was fair; the night starlight, but dark. When near the upper end of Blackwell’s island she shaped her course…
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