The Le Coq

BURNS, District Judge.

Libelant, United States of America, as owner of a barge designated as No. 29, loaded with stone, claims damages for its loss by sinking as a result of collision with it by tbe - British steamship Le Coq, at or about 4 o’clock a. m. on October 28, 1922, whilst the same was made fast to a mooring barge anchored at the head of the passes of the Mississippi river. It appears from the evidence that the United States engineers of the War Department engaged in river improvement had previously notified the Associated Branch Pilots in writing that navigation through South Pass…