In re Starin

THOMAS, District Judge.

On the 4th day of July, 1898, the petitioner was the owner of the steam tug Titan and the barge Robert Curry, which vessels were engaged in carrying excursionists; and while passing through Hell Gate the hawser by which the barge was attached to the tug became detached from the cleat to which it was made fast on the barge, and came in such contact with the claimant herein, a passenger on the barge, that his leg was torn off at the knee, and he was thrown to the deck with such force as to cause a compound fracture of the arm and other injuries. On the 3d day of December,…