MANTON, Circuit Judge.
On July 24, 1926, the steam tug Owen J. McWilliams, with five loaded coal barges in tow, three of which were owned by the James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., was proceeding eastward on the Long Island Sound to the Bridgeport, Conn., harbor, when it anchored outside the channel. When the tug and tow came to anchor, there were two boats in the first hawser tier, two in the second tier, and the G. K. Mellon tailing behind. After anchor was dropped...
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