Starin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. Decree adjudging the steamer John H. Starin solely at fault and liable for the damages occasioned by a collision between the steamer and the schooner Allen Gurney, which caused the latter to sink. The claimant of the Starin appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The collision occurred in New Haven Harbor on the night of October 18, 1900, at about, a quarter before 11 o’clock. The Starin is a side-wheel passenger steamer, 200 feet long and 55 feet beam. At the time in controversy she was drawing about eight feet of water. The Gurney is a two-masted schooner, 95 feet long. She was loaded with 300 tons of paving stones and had a crew consisting of three men, a master, a mate and a cook. She was drawing 9% feet of water and was anchored in the center of the channel, having out 15 fathoms of chain. She was headed about1 northwest. It…
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