Joseph R. Foard Co. v. Maryland ex rel. Goralski
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Suits in admiralty by the State of Maryland, to the use of Frances Goralski, widow, Mary Goralski, infant, Joseph Gielner, and Andrew Gielner, against the General Stevedoring Company, the Joseph R. Foard Company of Baltimore City, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, and the Munson Steamship Line, and by Gustave Lies against the same respondents and…
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore; John C. Rose, Judge. Suits in admiralty by the State of Maryland, to the use of Frances Goralski, widow, Mary Goralski, infant, Joseph Gielner, and Andrew Gielner, against the General Stevedoring Company, the Joseph R. Foard Company of Baltimore City, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, and the Munson Steamship Line, and by Gustave Lies against the same respondents and the Maryland Steel Company, with 16 other cases. Decrees for libelants against the General Stevedoring Company and the…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
On the morning of March 7, 1913, a large quantity of dynamite exploded on the British steamship Alum Chine lying in the quarantine anchorage of the port of Baltimore on the Patapsco river. The ship was destroyed, more than 30 men were killed and a number injured, and other ships in the vicinity were damaged. The first indication of the disaster was a slight explosion or puff in or near a box of dynamite which Bomhardt, a stevedore foreman, was trying to force into position in a tier of boxes. The District Court heard together the 25 libels filed, and held in an elaborate…
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