District Court, E.D. New York December 30, 1952, Nos. 18932, 19332, 19629, 19684 (McLain Line, Inc. v. Archers Hope)

BYERS, District Judge.

These causes involve a collision in that part of the Arthur Kill which lies northerly of Howland Hook, Staten Island, on May 26, 1948, at about 6:40 p.- m. D. S. T. between the steamtug Spartan on the port side of the tanker Archers Hope (to be called the Hope) and the diesel tug Magnetic lying alongside the coal barge Fox, the position of which will be stated.