BURNS, District Judge.
Libelants pray for a salvage award for service rendered the Nicarao, a Honduranian steamship of 1,445 tons, being 235 feet long, 34 feet broad, and 20 feet deep, the stipulated sound value of which is $245,000, the damage by sinking and beaching is $7,300, and the salved value is $237,700. The facts are as follows:
The Nicarao had been put off the Jahncke dry dock on the east bank side of the Mississippi river at New Orleans at about...
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