Tisdale v. The Alpha

This is a collision case. On the thirteenth of May, 1885, the loaded canal-boat George Barnard, owned by the libelant, was proceeding down the Buffalo river in tow of the steam-tug Oneida, destined for the Erie canal via the Commercial slip. At the same time the tug Alpha was steaming up the' river, having in tow the *760Manitowoc, a large barge, 225 feet long, and 25 feet and 9 inches beam. Both the canal-boat and the barge were without motive power,, and each was wholly under the control of its respective tug. When the tugs were about a quarter of a mile apart, and nearly in the center of the…