The Charles R. Stone

BENEDICT, District Judge.

This action is brought to recover for injuries sustained by the tug Union, while lying at pier 19 in the East river, on the 15th day of April, 1S7G. The Union was moored at the end of the pier, and adjoining thereto, alongside of her, heading the same way, lay the tug Star-buck, while still outside of the Starbuck lay a large bark the Queen of the Sea.

The tug Chas. R. Stone was engaged in towing a large oil-barge, the Sweepstakes, alongside. While endeavoring to turn the barge in the East river, so as to head the strong flood tide then running, the Stone and…