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IN RE PETITION OF AMERICAN DREDGING CO.

No. 137 of 1953.

141 F.Supp. 582 (1956)

Matter of the Petition of AMERICAN DREDGING COMPANY, as owner of THE ARTHUR N. HERRON, for exoneration from or limitation of liability.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for claimants.

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for American Dredging Co.

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

On the evening of November 18, 1952, between 10:00 and 11:00 o'clock, the tug Arthur N. Herron was going down the Schuylkill River, with a tow consisting of a loaded mud scow made up on her port side. As she was passing the refinery of the Gulf Oil Company, the men on board her heard a rumbling sound and, without other warning, the surface of the river around the tug suddenly burst into flames, enveloping the tug and barge in a sea of fire...

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