The Deutschland

Citations

• 129 F. 964
• 1904 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 323

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision — Steamer and Sailing Vessel — Steamship Turning in New York Bat.</p> <p>The Deutschland, a large steamship 687 feet long, after having been passed by the health officer at the quarantine station, Staten Island, where she had been at anchor, headed downstream on account of the flood tide, undertook to swing around with her head to the eastward, and in doing so backed, and her propeller hood came into collision with the Snow, a small schooner which had also just been released from quarantine, and had started northward at a distance of some 130 feet astern of the steamship before the latter backed. She made an effort to get out of the way, but could not do so in time. The Deutschland had no lookout astern, and, according to the weight of the evidence, gave ne backing signal. Meld, that for such reasons she was solely in fault for the collision.</p>