Watts v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Suit for collision, brought under special act of Congress.
1Opinion of the Court
ADAMS, District Judge.
On the 28th day of May, 1898, about 7:45 o’clock P. M., a collision occurred, in a fog, about 12 miles southerly and easterly from Fire Island Lightship, between the U. S. Cruiser Columbia and the British Steamship Foscolia, a freighter owned by the libellants, which resulted in the total loss of the latter, with all of the cargo on board and the greater part of the stores and of the personal effects of the crew.
Shortly after the disaster, certain proceedings were taken on behalf of the owners of the Foscolia and her master, to perpetuate the testimony of those on board,…
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