The Transfer No. 19
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in admiralty for collision by the River & Harbor Transportation Company, as owner of the tug Gladiator,-against the steam tug Transfer No. 19. Decree for respondent, and libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
April 29, 1910, at about 5:30 a. m., the master of the libelant's tug Gladiator, intending to land at the river end of the Feed Docks above the Long Island ferry slips at Long Island City, put her helm aport and reversed her engines full speed astern. He evidently miscalculated the tug’s headway, because she struck the pier so hard that he was thrown down, both his jaws broken, probably by the- wheel, and he lay unconscious until after the collision happened. The tug continued to go full speed astern, with nobody in charge of her navigation, in a semicircle, until just…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- The ServiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- The John EnglisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1910
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