KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
This is an action in rem in admiralty brought by James S. McMahon against the steamship Birkenhead to recover for personal injuries sustained January 1, 1927, upon the ship in the course of his employment as fireman. At the time he was injured the libelant was tightening an ordinary square-headed bolt or nut upon a set screw which formed part of a contrivance known as a discharge strainer, which, in turn, was part of the fuel oil line...
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