Eastern & A. R. Co. v. Lydia

Brown, District Judge.

About 9 o’clock in the morning of January 21, 1892, a fire broke out in the cabin of the ship Lydia. It was extinguished a little before noon by the aid of some nine tugs, in behalf of each of which libels have been filed to recover salvage compensation. All the actions were consolidated and have been heard together.

The Lydia Was lying in the Kill von Kull at the end of the pier at Bayonne, loading with crude petroleum and iron pipes. She had 2,900 barrels on board, which nearly filled her lower hold. The cargo was highly inflammable, and the gases from it, if confined,…