PATTERSON, District Judge.
Suit is brought to recover the value of a cargo of whale oil lost through the sinking of the tank barge Hasler. The libelant had chartered the Hasler from the respondent to take a cargo of whale oil from the steamer Sir James Clark Ross which lay at Pier 6, Staten Island, to Port Ivory on Staten Island. The Hasler was in charge of one Valerio, a man in the owner's employ. The pumping of the oil from the Ross into the Hasler commenced shortly...
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