The Caddy

Citations

• 123 F. 802

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision—Steamer and Anchored Vessel—Obstructing Channel.</p> <p>A steamship 314 feet long, which was anchored in the center of the Brewerton Channel of the Patapsco river, where it was 600 feet wide, and left there through the night, during which she swung around nearly at right angles to the channel, and was struck by a steamer attempting to pass under her stern, held in fault for unnecessarily obstructing the channel, there being safe anchorage grounds within a few miles, for keeping a negligent and insufficient anchor watch, and for failing to move up and change her position when she swung across the channel. The ' passing steamer also held in fault for going at too high speed, and without sufficient care in navigation, in view of the manifest danger in passing, and the known tendency to sheer when going close to,the side of the channel, which in fact caused, or contributed to, the collision.</p>