The Bertha

WADDILL, District Judge.

On the evening of the 21st of December, 1916, the Norwegian steamship Bertha anchored in Hampton Roads, Va., 600 to 900 feet away from the Greek steamship Athanasios, which had come in and anchored during the afternoon of the day before in the same vicinity. Both vessels were anchored near the quarantine station, off Old Point, and each was brought in and located by a Virginia pilot, and at the time of the anchorage of the Bertha there were several other ships also anchored in the vicinity. On the morning of the 22d of December, about 8 o'clock, a hurricane suddenly…