New Harbor Protection Co. v. Steamer Charles P. Chouteau
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
In Admiralty. On the twenty-fourth day of March, 1880, about 8:15 p. m., a lire was discovered, which had originated in some bales of jute stored on the larboard guards of the Charles P. Chouteau, some 50 feet aft of the boilers. The officers and crew immediately assembled and commenced to put it out, and in about two minutes the fire-engines of the boat were in operation and playing three streams of water on the fire.
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In Admiralty. On the twenty-fourth day of March, 1880, about 8:15 p. m., a lire was discovered, which had originated in some bales of jute stored on the larboard guards of the Charles P. Chouteau, some 50 feet aft of the boilers. The officers and crew immediately assembled and commenced to put it out, and in about two minutes the fire-engines of the boat were in operation and playing three streams of water on the fire. Two Babcock extinguishers were also playing on the flames, and the crew were so alive and vigilant that in about five minutes after the lire was discovered it was put out by…
1Opinion of the Court
Billings, D. J.
A large amount of testimony has been taken in this case to ascertain the amount of services that were rendered by the Protector, and the circumstances under which they were rendered. The statements of the witnesses are very conflicting, but this much seems to be fully established : that although a bell was rung several times, and the Protector, thinking it an alarm-bell, responded to it, yet the captain of the burning boat absolutely refused to accept the aid of the libellant’s boat. This, I think, it was competent for him to do. If the master of a burning vessel prefers to…
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