Baltimore & Boston Barge Co. v. Knickerbocker Steam Towage Co.

BROWN, District Judge.

This appeal relates to the grounding of the barge Emilie on rocks outside the ship channel, near Goodwin's Point, off the southerly end of Nehumkeag Island, in the Kennebec river, on August 21, 1906. The Emilie was a very long and heavy vessel, 216 feet long and 1,069 gross tons, and loaded with ice. She was in tow of the tug Seguin, which was ahead on a hawser about 20 fathoms in length, and of the tug Charlie Lawrence, made fast to her port quarter. '

The testimony of the masters of the barge and the tugs is set forth with much detail in the opinion of the District…