District Court, S.D. New York March 4, 1889 (Ralli v. Troop)

Brown, J.

The ship J. \7. Parker, of 1,190 tons, was chartered by the libelants to load at Calcutta with saltpeter and jute in bales. On the morning of February 18, 1886, as the ship was getting under way, a fire broke out in the fore hold, which the men on board the ship and from other vessels in the neighborhood were unable to put out.