The D. S. C. No. 311

GODDARD, District Judge.

This suit is brought by the city of New York to recover damages sustained when its dumper scow No. 311 was stranded in the vicinity of Sandy Hook on the morning of January 1, 1932, after breaking adrift from a tow of the tug Moran owned by the claimant, the Moran Towing & Transportation Company, and for the loss of the personal effects of the two members of the crew of the scow.

In the late afternoon of December 31, 1931, the Moran left Thirty-Fifth street and East River with three loaded dumper scows „ in tow bound for the dumping ground at sea, which is located twelve…