District Court, E.D. New York July 9, 1900 (The Willowdene)

THOMAS, District Judge.

On the 9th day of May, 1899, at about 4 o’clock p. nr., the libelani fell through No. 3 hatchway of the steamship Willowdene, while the vessel was shifting from the American Sugar Iteiinery, in the East river, New York, to pier 47 in the North river.