MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The steamer Putnam, 150 feet long, 22 feet beam, was used for carrying cargo and towing boats on the canal. On the morning of October 30, 1922, she was a short distance above Eagle Harbor, on the Erie Barge Canal, towing five barges which were light and one which was loaded. The loaded barge was towed alongside on the starboard side of the steamer. The five light boats were astern, made up of one ahead, with two tiers, of two boats each, following...
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