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 308 FEDERAL REPORTBB. �cient to tighten the hawser, or aflford "steerage way" to the ship, and the current consequently swept her ashore. The allegation that the ship was mismanaged by those on board, is not sustained by the proofs. The witnesses having the best opportunity of knowing, say the crew of the ship did ail that could be dons to keep her afloat. The very short dis- tance between the tug and the ship, when the latter grounded, ehowB conclusively, that the former was well over to the west- ern side of the channel, (her officers testify that she was west of the center,) while the condition of the tide made it impor- tant to keep to the eastern side. The failure in this respect, and the very slow pace at which the tug moved, prodaced the disastor. If vessels were ahead, which could not be passed at that point, and should not be overtaken, as is alleged, and the pace was not sufficient to aJBFord proper steerage way to the ship, and enable her to keep in the wake of the tug, the master of the latter should have considered the propriety of dropping anchor, and waiting till the course was clear. �A decree must therefore be entered for the libellant accord- ingly. ���Thb Artubo. �(Circuit Court, D. Massaehueetis. January 18, 188L �1. Ttro AKD Tow— When Tugs abe JoniTLT Liabm!— Usasb ov Pokt. Two tuga, belonging to different owners, engaged to tow a vessel under a general order for towage given by the master through other persons, while in command of the master of the tug first engaged, in accordance with the usage of the port, negligently landed the vessel ■while in tow upon a well-known shoal. Held, that both tugs were liable for the damages sustained by the vessel. — [£x). �In Admiralty. Damage. �On the morning of the twenty-fourth of Pebruary, 1879, the Italian barkentine Arturo was lying at the pier of the Grand Junction wharf, in East Boston, known as No. 5, or the Elevator pier, where she had received her cargo, and was ��� �