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THE W. D. ANDERSON

No. 31 of 1935.

17 F.Supp. 754 (1937)

THE W. D. ANDERSON. In re ATLANTIC REFINING CO.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

January 13, 1937.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Otto Wolff, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., for petitioner.

Herman Steerman, George F. Blewett, and Samuel B. Fortenbaugh, Jr., all of Philadelphia, Pa., Arthur L. Obre, of New York City, and Walter B. Gibbons, of Philadelphia, Pa., for claimants.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in admiralty upon a petition for limitation of liability by the owner and operator of the oil tanker W. D. Anderson.

On June 7, 1934, at 5:10 p. m., while the vessel was in dry-dock at the plant of the Kensington Shipyard & Drydock Corporation undergoing repairs, an explosion occurred in the forepeak water ballast tank of the ship. Three men were killed and fifteen others injured, all of them being employees...

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