Merchants' & Miners' Transp. Co. v. Norfolk & W. R.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from (he District Court of the United Slates for the District of (th ode Island.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This collision occurred August 16, 1893, in the early aft ernoon, in the narrow channel of the Providence river at Sabin’s Point, between the steamer Berkshire, descending the river, and a barge in tow of a fug, ascending the river, the tag being known as N. & W. 1, and the tow as Barge N. & W. L The barge was loaded with coal, and was sunk. The channel was largely a dredged one, and off Sabin’s Point was 500 or 600 feet wide, but above there only 300 or 400 feel. Ascending the river, that part of (he channel with which this case is concerned bore northerly —north,…
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