The Downer

ADAMS, District Judge.

This action was brought by Thomas Carroll, to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received through the giving way of a manhole cover of a hatch in the after deck of the tug, upon which he stepped, as he was preparing to disembark after being taken, in company with a number of others, as a passenger, on a voyage to Pier 49, Hudson River, from a steamer down the bay. The libel alleges that Carroll was a ship carpenter in the employ of the White Star Dine, and in the performance of- his duties, on the 4th day of March, 1908, he was engaged in putting up…