Petition of United States

AINSWORTH, District Judge.

Petitioners, the United States of America and the Inland Waterways Corporation, a wholly owned Government agency ■created by Act of Congress, have filed a motion pursuant to Rule 58 of the Admiralty Rules of Practice for summary judgment, dismissing all of the several claims for death or injury made by several claimants herein as a result of a disaster which occurred on March 4, 1948. On that day the Towboat NATCHEZ, owned by the Inland Waterways Corporation, was proceeding with a tow of six barges up the Mississippi River on a voyage to Mount Vernon, Indiana. Upon…