The Lackawanna
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the District Court, Western District of New York, dismissing a libel. The action was brought by the owner of the barge Chieftain, which was injured by collision with respondent’s steamship Lackawanna. The opinion of the District Judge will be found in 201 Fed. 773.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The collision occurred September 18, 1909, about 11:15 a. m., near the head of the St. Clair river. The steamer Shenandoah was bound up, having two barges in tow, tandem on hawsers; the Chieftain being the first in order. The steamer Lackawanna, unincumbered, was bound down. Near the rapids at the upper end of the river she blew a passing signal of two blasts to the Shenandoah, which the latter answered with two blasts. Both steamers continued on their courses and passed starboard to starboard at a distance of from 100 feet to 200 feet. As the Lackawapna’s stern was…
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