The Cambridge
District Court, D. Massachusetts
In admiralty. Libel by the owners of the schooner Susan Ross against the steamer Cambridge for damage by a collision which took place on the night of the 15th of June, 1S70, about ten miles from Monhegan light, on the coast, of Maine. The night was foggy, and the wind light.
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In admiralty. Libel by the owners of the schooner Susan Ross against the steamer Cambridge for damage by a collision which took place on the night of the 15th of June, 1S70, about ten miles from Monhegan light, on the coast, of Maine. The night was foggy, and the wind light. The libel averred that the schooner was heading south by west, close hauled, had her lights properly set and burning brightly, and that a suitable foghorn was constantly sounded; that her crew heard a steam-whistle and soon after saw the steamer bearing about south-west by west from the schooner, a little forward of the…
1Opinion of the Court
LOWELL, District Judge.
It has been ruled very often, that however unavoidable a collision may have been when the vessels first saw each other, it is their duty to take every possible precaution not to be brought into such a position. This rule required the schooner to have the red and green lights properly placed and burning brightly, and to sound a fog-horn as often as once in every five minutes, and perhaps oftener, when it was found to be necessary; and the steamer to keep a good lookout forward, to go at a moderate speed, and, when the schooner was heard or seen, to stop and reverse her…
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