Minch v. Victoria

BROWN, District Judge.

The above libels were filed to recover for the injuries to and loss of certain canal boats and tbeir cargoes, in Tappan Zee, in a storm, while coming down.the Hudson river in tow of the above-named tugs on the morning of the 29th of August, 1893.

I The libelant’s boats were part of a fleet of 32 boats, i. e., 8 tiers of 4 boats each, which came from Albany in tow of Ronan’s Line, on a hawser. On reaching West Point, in the evening of August 28th, the 3 tugs above named, which had come up from New York that afternoon and evening, took the tow, relieving the tugs that had…