Reed v. The Portia

BENEDICT, District Judge.

The collision between the schooner Fair Wind and the steamer Portia, out of which these actions arose,, occurred at a point off Eaton’s Neck, in the center of Long Maud sound, between 10 and 11 o’clock P. M., on July 30,1892. The night was dark, sky overcast, and at times it was raining. The schooner was bound to the westward; the steamer was bound to the eastward. The wind was about east. The vessels came together at right angles, the schooner’s bowsprit bringing up on the port bow of the steamer, then swinging under a port helm. I find it impossible to reconcile the…