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THE EGBERT H.

No. 10331.

131 F.2d 111 (1942)

THE EGBERT H. THE CYNTHIA NO. 2. BRASSELL v. ATLANTIC TOWING CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 19, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund H. Abrahams, of Savannah, Ga., and Jos. M. Rault and Benjamin W. Yancey, both of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

T. M. Cunningham and George O'Donnell, both of Savannah, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

The Egbert H, a small diesel tug, suffered engine trouble in the Savannah River, a tidal stream, while engaged in towing. Powerless to navigate, she was borne by the incoming tide beneath a bridge spanning the river, and became wedged thereunder. The vessel had a freeboard of only ten inches, and, since the tide had approximately three more feet to rise, she was in imminent peril of sinking. In response to her distress signals, the Cynthia No...

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