SWAN, Circuit Judge.
The appellants are owners and underwriters of cargo laden on the S. S. Quarrington Court at Calcutta for carriage to the United States. The vessel and her cargo were lost when she sank in the Red Sea. On the morning of December 7, 1937, when the vessel was about three weeks out of Calcutta, a small split was discovered in the main injection pipe. The split gradually increased until the pipe gave way about 8:30 A. M. The engineers then attempted...
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