The Patricia
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Admiralty. Suit for collision by one Sheridan, owner of the deck lighter Patricia, against the steam ferryboat Columbia.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, District Judge.
The Patricia is a wooden deck lighter about 110 feet in length and 32 feet beam. The Columbia is a steam paddle-wheeled ferryboat operated by the West Jersey & Shore Railroad Company between State street, Camden, and Vine street, Philadelphia.
*528[1] On November 27, 1922, the Patricia, \vith a cargo of shingles, was towed up the Delaware river and moored to the outer end of Pier 19, North Wharves, Philadelphia, lying bow downstream. Pier 19 is 166 feet in width and -.571 feet in length and extends to the port warden’s line. It forms the upstream side of an open dock about…
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