Appeal of Cahill

According to the testimony of Brainard, the pilot of the tug, he thought the dredge was going to founder, and told Cutter, the master, that he thought the best thing to be done was to “take the men off and let the dredge go on the beach”; and this was before the alleged waving of lights on board the dredge. Cutter, the master of the tug, testifies that he ordered the tug hawser cut solely because of signals from the dredge, and would not otherwise have done so. No signals had been given from the dredge, and we are satisfied the master of the tug ordered the hawser cut, not because of any…