Frank McWilliams Transp. Corp. v. Conners Marine Co.

BYERS, District Judge.

These causes were consolidated for trial, and have to do with the sinking of the laden coal barge Mack, on January 30, 1936, in Mill Basin about one-half mile easterly of the Adams coal dock in Brooklyn, at about 9:30 a. m.

The first cause is that of the owner of the Mack, and the second is that of the cargo owner.

The tugs Arthur Conners and Fidelity, claimed by Conners Marine Co., Inc., were libeled.

The sinking occurred as the result of the barge’s striking ice so that a hole 8 inches by 24 inches was stove in her bow, just below the water-line, near the starboard…