THE QUIRIGUA

Nos. 14294, 14652.

17 F.Supp. 311 (1936)

THE QUIRIGUA. THE SOUTHERN CROSS. UNITED MAIL S. S. CO. v. FARLEY et al.

District Court, E. D. New York.

October 5, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morgan & Lockwood, of New York City (Mark W. Maclay, of New York City, of counsel), for libelants and cross-claimants-respondents.

Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, of New York City (Chauncey I. Clark and Eugene Underwood, both of New York City, of counsel), for United Mail S. S. Co.


MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

These two libel proceedings were tried together.

A collision occurred on March 4, 1934, between the steamship Quirigua and the steamship Southern Cross, which was anchored in lower New York Bay. The Southern Cross is 535 feet long and 72 feet wide. The Quirigua is 448 feet long and 60 feet wide. At the time of the collision the approximate drafts of the vessels were:

                           Forward         Aft    ...

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