The Olive Mount

Nelson, District Judge.

This is a libel by four seamen, being part of the crew of the steam tug William Sprague, owned by the Boston Towboat Company, against the bark Olive Mount, for salvage. As the tug was lying at Scituate on the evening of July 19,1891, the attention of the men in charge was attracted by a bright light on the eastern horizon, and, proceeding out, they found the bark Olive Mount on fire, and abandoned by her crew. By the exertions of the officers and men of the tug, and by the use of her steam pump, the fire was extinguished, and the vessel was then towed into Boston, and…