The Colon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the 'District Court of the United States for the Southvrn District of New York. Suit in admiralty by John Ivancich against the steamship Colon; the Panama Railroad Company, claimant. Decree for libelant, and claimant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
April 6, 1915, the steamer Colon was being loaded at Pier 67, North River. The stevedores had been stowing cargo in the wings of the lower hold at hatch 32, when at 9:30 p. m., they were called up by the foreman and told to put the hatch covers on the orlop deck hatch. In this hatch there were two iron strongbacks running athwartships between the coamings, and on these rested two wooden strongbacks running fore and aft. This divided the hatch into three fore and aft sections, each of which required 12 hatch covers, about 2 feel wide and 3 inches thick. The covers for the…
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