Sherridan v. The Eddie Garrison

BROWN, District Judge.

At about 7 o’clock a. m. of August 16, 1894, a ffew moments after the ferryboat South Brooklyn left her slip between piers 2 and 3 East river, bound for South Brooklvn.by way of Buttermilk channel, she came in collision with two canalboat's which were in tow alongside of the steam tug Eddie Garrison, coming down out of the East river. The bows of the libelant's canalboat, which was the outer boat on the port side, struck the ferryboat’s port quarter about 25 feet from her stern, and suffered considerable damage, to recover which the above libel was filed.

The tug had…