MORTON, District Judge.
This is a case of salvage. The Gerbeviller is a five-masted schooner. On November 27, 1928, while on a voyage from Newport News to Newfoundland with a cargo of coal, she got into trouble near the south end of Georges Bank, about 30 miles southeast by east of the Nantucket Lightship. A northwest gale was blowing, she had lost some of her sails, she was leaking, and she signaled for help. The steam trawler Widgeon saw the signals and stood by...
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