MARIS, Circuit Judge.
Early in the morning on April 19, 1943, the barges "563" and "574" belonging to Schuylkill Transportation Company lay at Pier 18, Philadelphia, loaded with cargoes of coal belonging to the Public Service Electric and Gas Company. The "563" and "574" were wooden barges. The "563" was 110 feet long, 32 feet wide and 17 feet deep, with a square bow and stern and an open hatch with coamings 3 feet 6 inches high around the sides of the hatch. The...
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