District Court, W.D. New York March 8, 1906 (The Oceanica)

IIAZEB, District Judge.

On the afternoon of November 25, 1904, the Oceánica, while towing the barge Massasoit from, Marquette, Mich., to Tonawanda, N. Y., struck a submerged rock or other obstruction in Niagara river, breaking the blades of her propeller wheel. She cut the tow line and drifted down the river.