The Anne E. Valentine

The collision under investigation happened in James river just below the mouth of Almond creek, which .is a little below the wharves of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company. Although the river there is wide, the channel is not more than 200 feet between the buoys. The collision under consideration occurred about 9 o’clock on the night of the thirtieth of April, 1884. It was a clear night. A new moon was shining. The tide was in ebb. There was a tow coming up the river, drawn by the tug Frank Sommers, with a small tug, the Petersburg, in front of her, helping. They had three vessels in tow,…