The Rambler

TOWNSEND, District Judge.

Libel in rem. At about half past 12 o’clock in the afternoon of October 20,1896, the canal boat Charles McCaffrey, owned by libelant, was lying at the “Canal Dock,” so called, at New Haven. She had just discharged a cargo of coal, and had hauled ahead away from her derrick, and was waiting for a tug to take her out. The wind was S. S. W., and blowing hard. The tide was two to three hours on the ebb. At this time the steam tugs Rambler and William came up, having the three-masted schooner P. T. Barnum in tow, and left her grounded alongside the Charles Mc-Caffrey. When…