Scows Nos. 1 & 10

CROSS, District Judge.

In the early morning of May 4, 1905, two mud scows, Nos. 1 and 10, towed by the steam tug Samuel E. Bouker, were taken to the dumping grounds at or near the Scotland Lightship, outside of the harbor of the city of New York, for the purpose of being dumped. The signal to dump the scows was given by the tug at 20 minutes of two o’clock on the morning of the above date. One only of the scows was dumped. The captain of the other scow, being asleep, did not hear the signal, and consequently his scow was not dumped. The start to return was made about quarter after 2. The…