The North America
District Court, E.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by the Central Railroad of New Jersey, owner of the lighter Mechanic, against the tug North America and the scow R. R. No. 8, with the tug Interstate impleaded.
1Opinion of the Court
CHATEIELD, District Judge.
This case arose from a collision between the derrick lighter Mechanic, loaded with a cargo of structural iron, and R. R. Scow No. 8, which was in tow of the tug North America, bound for the dumping grounds outside of Sandy Hook. The tug Interstate, with the Mechanic in tow on two hawsers 45 fathoms in length, left Arlington, N. J., at about 9:20 p. m. on the 4th of March, 1915. Passing out from the Kills, they proceeded with a flood tide around the Robbins Reef light and then up New York Bay toward the Hudson river. The pilot of the Interstate took a straight course…
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