E. C. Taylor Co. v. New York & Cuba Mail S. S. Co.

While 500 tons of steel rails were being unloaded for export from barge No. 30 of the E. C. Taylor Company on the Ward Line Steamer Lake Inglenook, some of the rails, through the carelessness of the workmen, slipped through the sling of the derrick, -fell, and pierced a ’hole throu'gh the barge.

The cargo was -to be unloaded with the ship’s tackle and at the, expense of the steamer Lake Inglenook.

As a result of this 'accident, the tug, Alarm, owned vand used by the Taylor Company, in towing its barge, was compelled to lie idle, manned and equipped, for 12 days, at a loss to said company of…