Lorenzen v. The "Clavering"
District Court, D. Hawaii
In Admiralty: Libel in rem for Salvage.
1Opinion of the CourtDole, J.
Tire steamship “Clavering,” approaching the port of Honolulu on the night of Sunday, the 19th day of July, 1903, ran aground at about 9 :15 o’clock, a little way south' easterly of the channel; the captain thereupon reversed the engines and put them at full speed astern, showed red lights and blew his whistle.
The libellant, a regular pilot of that port, came alongside in his boat, at about half past ten o’clock the same evening, and was requested by the captain to inform his agents, AY. G. Irwin & Co., that the ship was ashore, and he thereupon proceeded to do so. He returned at about…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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