New York & C. Mail S. S. Co. v. The G. W. Jones

In tlie afternoon of November 1,1890, as the steam-ship G. W. Jones was getting underway from the outer end and the westerly side of the main wharf at Progresso, the fluke of her anchor, on which she was heaving, broke, and, a strong wind from the north-west catching her upon the starboard bow, she swung off, and stranded broadside upon the beach. Repeated efforts were at once made, by heaving upon the lines leading to the wharf, to pull her off the beach, hut without success. Her winches were stranded, and several lines “ of the best manilla rope” were broken. The sea was choppy, the wind…