Supreme Court of the United States May 18, 1908, 33 (La Bourgogne)

Mr. Justice White

delivered the opinion of the court.

On July 4, 1898, in the Atlantic Ocean, about sixty miles off Sable Island, as the result of a collision between the British ship Cromartyshire and the French steamship La Bourgogne, bound from New York to Havre, La Bourgogne was hopelessly injured, sank in a short time, and most of her passengers, her captain, other principal officers, and