The New Hampshire
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The libel was filed by Prank J. McBride, master of the steam tug Lowell M. Palmer, on behalf of himself and all others interested in said tug and car float No. 8 and the cars laden thereon and the contents of the same, which said float was being toived by the tug, against the steamboat New Hampshire (the Providence & Stonington Steamship Company, claimant), to recover damages for the…
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The libel was filed by Prank J. McBride, master of the steam tug Lowell M. Palmer, on behalf of himself and all others interested in said tug and car float No. 8 and the cars laden thereon and the contents of the same, which said float was being toived by the tug, against the steamboat New Hampshire (the Providence & Stonington Steamship Company, claimant), to recover damages for the sinking of said car float No. S and the cars and their contents loaded on said float, which was caused by a collision…
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
On the morning in question the tug Palmer, with a loaded car float on each side, rounded the Battery into the East river intending to land at North Fifth street, Brooklyn. When off Houston street the New Hampshire was sighted, about off Fourteenth street, coming down the river. The tide was- strong flood. The Palmer under a hard aport helm was heading for Brooklyn. On discovering the steamboat she blew a single blast of her whistle and there is testimony that the New Hampshire answered the signal by a similar blast, but this is denied by her master. The navigation of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of New York v. New York & E. R. Ferry Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
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