Olsen v. New York Central No. 18

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The collision which is the subject of this libel occurred on a clear afternoon in March, 1939, in Red Hook Channel in New York Harbor. That two vessels could not have reached an agreement as to passing under such conditions indicates serious faults of navigation somewhere. The Hazel S, a small diesel-powered fishing vessel of 27 gross and 17 net tons, was going down harbor against the tide and, according to appellee’s story, supported by two disinterested witnesses on another vessel, was about 100 feet to the right of the tug so that a starboard-to-starboard passage was…