Ralli v. Troop
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. libel, by ¡Stephen IT. llalli and others against Howard .D. Troop and others, to recover $22,000 for cargo sold by master at Calcutta, in iMarch, 1886.
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The ship J. \7. Parker, of 1,190 tons, was chartered by the libelants to load at Calcutta with saltpeter and jute in bales. On the morning of February 18, 1886, as the ship was getting under way, a fire broke out in the fore hold, which the men on board the ship and from other vessels in the neighborhood were unable to put out. After a half hours work it was somewhat subdued, the hatches were put on to smother it, and the pumps were kept playing. Not long after, the port authorities came, and took general charge of the efforts to put out the lire, pumping large quantities of acid, steam, and…
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