Philadelphia & R. R. v. The Allie & Evie

This libel was filed to recover about $4,800 for the loss of two coal-barges, with their cargoes, on the night of December 14, 3883, which were cut adrift during a squall in the lower bay while the boats were in tow of the tug Allie & Evie, on a trip from South Am. boy to Bed Bank, on the Shrewsbury river. The barges belonged to the libelants, and bad taken on board cargoes of coal at Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, consigned to Miles Boss, Bed Bank, New Jersey, for which bills of lading were given “excepting the dangers of navigation.” Arriving at South Amboy, tbe boats were taken in charge…