WOOD, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured while working aboard the defendant's vessel, the S. S. American Guide.
On July 26, 1957, a gang of twelve stevedores were directed to go from the main deck to the lower hold to remove cargo. On their way to the lower hold, they removed the beams from the hatch of the upper 'tween deck and then proceeded to the lower 'tween deck. There they found a large amount of debris, including "separation paper...
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