Spartan Prince

Citations

• 126 F. 885
• 1903 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 62

Syllabus

<p>L Collision — Steamship and Barge in Tow — State Statute Requiring Vessels to Keep near Middle of East River.</p> <p>A collision occurred in the daytime in East River, some 300 or 400 feet off the piers near the Battery, between the steamship Spartan Prince and a barge in tow on the side of the- tug Quigley. The steamship was proceeding out to sea from the Brooklyn shore, intending to go between the Battery and Governor’s Island, while the tug had come around from the North River, and was about to take her tow into a slip about opposite where the collision occurred. Both vessels were proceeding at slow speed. Held, that the steamship was at fault for being too near the pier, in violation of the state statute which required her to keep near the middle of the river, and also for keeping her course and speed after her erroneous signal for passing to the right was unanswered, instead of at once stopping and reversing, although the vessels were then in such close proximity that the danger was imminent; that the tug was also in fault, for not keeping a proper lookout, and in continuing her course across that of the steamship, when she should have known that it involved danger of collision.</p>