Clyde Steamship Co. v. The Florence
District Court, S.D. New York
This was a libel by the Clyde Steamship Company, owner of the lighter Potomac, against the steam tug Florence and the steamer Eldorado, to recover damages fpr a collision.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
As the steamship Eldorado, 355 feet long, was leaving her berth on the south side of pier 25, in the afternoon of October 23, 1894, and rounding down the North river, she came in collision with the libelant’s lighter Potomac, which was going down river in tow of the tug Florence, upon a hawser about 70 feet long. The collision was nearly at right angles, and from 800 to 1,000 feet oil the end of the piers. The tide was the last of the flood, and the wind was light. The above libel was filed for damages to tin; lighter and cargo.
The Eldorado, on starting ahead, gave the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The BreakwaterSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Hamilton v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1891
- The St. JohnU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1870
- Barney Dumping-Boat Co. v. The El RioDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1895
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