PETITION OF SINCLAIR NAV. CO.

A. 90-65; A. 93-242.

27 F.2d 606 (1928)

Petition of SINCLAIR NAV. CO. SINCLAIR NAV. CO. v. F. J. BAUER TOWING LINE, Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

June 4, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Reid and Burlingham, Veeder, Masten & Fearey, all of New York City (Chauncey I. Clark and A. Howard Neely, both of New York City, of counsel), for petitioner Sinclair Navigation Co.

Macklin, Brown, Lenahan & Speer, of New York City (Gerald J. McKernan, of New York City, of counsel), for F. J. Bauer Towing Line, Inc.

Foley & Martin, of New York City (William Lartin, of New York City, of counsel), for Lambert Transportation Corporation and Kingston Holding Corporation, and for claimants Vincent, Manz, Tiemann, etc.

Barry, Wainwright, Thacher & Symmers, of New York City (John C. Crawley, of New York City, of counsel), for claimant Utility Oil Co.

Charles H. Tuttle, U. S. Atty., of New York City (A. H. Longfellow, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for claimant United States of America.


THACHER, District Judge (after stating the facts as above).

The immediate cause of the fire is unknown. All of the circumstances indicate that a very serious break in the discharge line leading from the ship to the barge occurred on board the Thompson some moments before the fire started. The speed with which the deck of the ship in the vicinity of this connection and the boats moored on the starboard side of the ship burst into flames, the quantity of burning gasoline...

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