Cedros Island Min. & Mill. Co. v. The Sirius
District Court, N.D. California
In Admiralty. Libel by the Cedros Island Mining & Milling Company against the British steamer Sirius, her freight and cargo, upon a contract for salvage.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, District Judge.
This is an action upon a contract for a salvage service, rendered to the British steamer Sirius by the American steam schooner Tillamook. On the 20th day of February, 1892, the steamer Sirius, then on a voyage from Central American ports to San Francisco, and while off the coast of lower California, lost, her propeller and part of the shaft at a point about 45 miles northward of Cerros island (sometimes called "Cedros” island.) The vessel was steaming northward at the time of the accident. The weather was pleasant, with the wind light from the northwest. The vessel was…
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