Seamen v. The Benison
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Action by the owners of the steam-ship Hudson, of the Cromwell line, against the English steam-ship Benison and her cargo, for salvage services rendered in towing the latter steam-ship, when disabled, from a point about 60 miles E. S. E. from Cape Henry into Hampton Roads.
1Opinion of the CourtJBrowN, J.
The above libel was filed by the owners of the steam-ship Hudson to recover salvage compensation for towing the English steamer Benison into Hampton Roads in May, 1888. The Benison was an iron steam-ship, built in 1888, 245 feet long, 34 feet beam, 24 feet draught, with two decks, and of 1,736 gross tons. She ivas fully loaded with a cargo of about 2,200 tons of sugar in bags, and on the 6th of May, 1888, when about 60 miles E. S. E. from Cape Henry, in a dense fog, came in collision abqut noon with the Eureka, by which her stem and bows were carried away, down to her foot and nearly back to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The ColonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1878
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