The Kaga Maru

Citations

• 123 F. 139
• 1903 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 212

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision—Steam Vessels Crossing—Navigating Harbor in Fog.</p> <p>Two large ocean steamships, the Elba and the Kaga Maru, both held In fault for a collision in the harbor of Seattle in a fog while on crossing courses, for violation of article 18, rule 3, of the rules for harbor navigation (30 Stat 96 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2882]), which required each, on hearing the fog signals of the other, and not knowing her course, to signal such fact; the Kaga Maru also for violating article 16, in not stopping her engines on hearing the signals of the other vessel ahead in the fog, without knowing her position; and the Elba, having the other vessel on her starboard side, for not so navigating as to keep out of the way, as required by article 19.</p> <p>¶ 1. Signals of meeting vessels, see note to Tbe New York, 30 C. C. A. 630.</p>