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THE MANHATTAN

No. 103.

3 F.Supp. 75 (1932)

THE MANHATTAN. THE BESSEMER.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 27, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. W. Wells, U. S. Atty., of Philadelphia, Pa., and J. Frank Staley, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States.

Lewis, Adler & Laws, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty for damages arising out of the sinking of the government dredge Manhattan by the tanker Bessemer in a collision which occurred at 2:55 a. m. November 22, 1929, in the lower end of the Bellevue range section of the Delaware river channel, a short distance above Wilmington.

There is no suggestion that the Manhattan was at fault in any particular. The sole question is whether the disaster was caused by...

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