Eastern Dredging Co. v. Winnisimmet Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
In this case a collision occurred in the inner harbor of Boston between a mud scow, about 110 feet long, and the ferryboat City of Boston, which was plying regularly between Chelsea and Boston. The collision was of such violence as to sink the ferryboat. It occurred about 10 o’clock in the evening. The weather was clear and starlight, and yet it was dark on the water. There was said to be just wind enough to ruffle the surface of the *861harbor, and this prevented the reflection of the lights on the shores, and, of course, somewhat darkened it. The scow was adrift, without…
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