The Bay State

Citations

• 153 F. 973
• 1907 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 315

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision — Rule Governing Navigation of East River.</p> <p>The narrow channel rule of article 25 of the inland navigation rules (Act June 7, 1897, c. 4, 30 Stat. 101 [T7. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2883]) requiring steam vessels to keep to the starboard side of the fairway, does not apply to that part of East river between the Battery and Blackwell’s Island, which is governed by the local rule requiring vessels to keep in the center of the channel.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.' — For cases in point, see Cent. Dig. vol. 10, Collision, § 8.]</p> <p>2. Same — Steamer and Meeting Tow — Violation of East River Rule.</p> <p>A collision in the East river south of Blackwell’s Island between a steamer bound down the river and a carfloat in tow of a tug bound to dock 4 of the Long Island Railroad slips, held due solely to the fault of the steamer in attempting to cross the river to the Brooklyn side from the channel between Blackwells Island and Manhattan, without having obtained the consent of the tug, which was maneuvering to enter her slip, and in violation of the local East river rule, which required her *to keep in the middle of the channel.</p>