The Aurelia
District Court, N.D. California
In Admiralty. Cross-suits for collision by the Pacific Coast Company against the steam schooner Aurelia, and by the Russell- & Rogers Company against the American steamer Umatilla. Decree against both vessels dividing damages.
1Opinion of the Court
FARRINGTON, District Judge.
October 27, 1905, the steamer Umatilla, owned by the Pacific Coast Company, having on board a full cargo of merchandise and a large number of passengers, destined for Victoria, lay at Broadway pier in the harbor of San Francisco. At 19 minutes past 11 o’clock on the morning of that day, after casting off her moorings and giving one blast of her whistle, the Umatilla backed out of her berth slowly, then at full speed astern, and finally her propellers were operated at full speed ahead. The purpose of this maneuver was to enable the ship to swing her head to the.north…
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