Loud v. The Doris Eckhoff

The libel in this case was filed to recover damages arising from a collision in the East river, a few hundred feet below Corlear’s Hook, at about 10 a. m. on the morning of March 8, 1886, between the libelants’ schooner C. R. Flint, and the bark Doris Eckhoff. The Flint was going up river with a strong flood-tide, in tow of the steam-tug J. G. Stevens, upon a hawser of 40 fathoms. The bark was coming down the river, upon a hawser of about the same length, in tow of the tug R. S. Carter. The Stevens and the schooner were proceeding up river about one-third the distance across from the New York…