Listers Agricultural Chemical Works v. Home Ins. Co.

HOLT, District Judge.

This is an action upon a policy of marine insurance issued by the respondent for the benefit of the libelant upon the steam lighter Alfred & Edward. On February 1, 1911, while the lighter was proceeding up the harbor, about 100 feet off Pier 7, Jersey City, a large quantity of dynamite which was being transferred from a freight car on Pier 7 to a barge lying at the pier exploded with extraordinary violence, causing great loss of life and damage to the pier and to shipping in the immediate neighborhood. The lighter sustained damage, amounting to $870. This damage was…