Clark v. The Belle

At about 1 o’clock a. m. of the night of August 14, 1887, while the libelant’s canal-boat Governor Dix was proceeding up the North river with a fleet of canal-boats in tow of the steam-tug Belle, and being the outer boat on the port side in the third tier from the end of the tow, she was run into by the steamer Norwich, which was coming down the river, and received damages for which this suit was brought. The libel-ant’s boat was without fault. The litigation is between the Belle and Norwich. The collision was about 30 miles below Albany, a little above Four-Mile Point, on the western shore.…