Trouton v. The Saale

BROWN, District Judge.

The above libel was filed in behalf of the consignee and insurers of the cargo of the Norwegian bark *717Tordenskjold to recover the damages arising from a collision between the bark and the North German Lloyd steamship Baale, whereby the hark was sunk on the high seas and lost, at about 7 P. M., a little after sunset on August 4, 3892, about 800 miles east of Bandy Hook, in thick fog. The libelants ascribe the collision to tiie high speed of the steamer in fog; the claimants, to the bark's change of course.

The steamer was on one of her regular trips from New York, sailing…