The Pocomoke
District Court, E.D. Virginia
In Admiralty. Suit for collision. On the morning of the 11th of August, 1903, about 8:40 o’clock, the government steam launch No. 22, known as the “Daisy,” about 61 feet long, used in the transportation of employés and other persons between the Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, and the city of Norfolk, while en route from the former place to the government landing in Norfolk, came into collision with the Poeomoke, a steam vessel engaged in the Ashing trade, about 115 feet long, 139…
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In Admiralty. Suit for collision. On the morning of the 11th of August, 1903, about 8:40 o’clock, the government steam launch No. 22, known as the “Daisy,” about 61 feet long, used in the transportation of employés and other persons between the Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, and the city of Norfolk, while en route from the former place to the government landing in Norfolk, came into collision with the Poeomoke, a steam vessel engaged in the Ashing trade, about 115 feet long, 139 tons gross, as the latter was proceeding up the Elizabeth river and the launch was about to enter her landing, and some…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
(after stating the facts). There is not a great deal of evidence in this case, and the same may be said to be less conflicting than is usual in collision cases, and will be found in the judgment of the court to clearly establish the fact that the collision was due solely to the negligence oh the navigator of the Pocomoke in not complying with the rules of navigation by keeping out of the way of the launch, or stopping or reversing, or otherwise taking necessary precautions in time to avoid the same, when it was apparent that the two vessels were in such close proximity as to endanger risk of…
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