The Zouave
District Court, E.D. New York
This was a libel in rem bj Charles J. Tice, owner of the barge Ada No. 6, against the steamtugs Zouave and Sea King and the barges Chalmette and J. F. Merry to recover damages resulting from a collision in the East river at Hell Gate. The following is a copy of the map referred to in the opinion:
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
On the 28th day of October, 1894, at about 7 o’clock in the evening, the steam tug Zouave was going up the East river with a strong flood tide. She had in tow three barges on her port side, two loaded with sand and one with coal, and two barges on her starboard side, loaded with coal; the barge Ada No. 6, belonging to the libelant, being on the starboard side. The steam *442tug Sea King was coming down the river, towing, by a hawser about 120 feet in length, two, empty barges; the J. F. Merry being on the starboard side, and the Chalmette being on the port side. The hawser…
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