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 918 FEDERAL REPORTER. �powerful. The suction caused by the wheels of each boat would not materially differ. I do not see why they would not about neutralize each other; and, if this were not so, why the suction would not be greatest about and immediately behind the wheels of the respective boats. If this be true, this suction would have a tendency to bring the wheels and stems of the boats together, and thus throw the bows out, and the power in the boats, if applied, would cause the bows to go from each other. If any collision was caused it would be by the back part of the boats swinging together. �Whatever may be the truth upon this subject, the theory advanced is too shadowy to base a judgment upon. I think the Morgan, after she signaled the Gannon, changed her course without any necessity for so doing. In doing this she violated a well-known and long-established rule of navigation, and is therefore liable for the damage done the Gannon. The case should go to a commission sworu tu ascertain and report this damage. ���Thh m aet Shaw. �{District Court, D. Marjfland. April 16, 1881.) �L CoLtISIOK— TOG AND Tow. �A tug, with ve^sel in tow, Imving given two Wasts of lier wliistie without hearing any rep]y, ateered in a narrow channel to pass an ' ' approaching steamer starboard to starboard instead of port tu port, and did not repeat lier signal until too late to avoid a collision, wliidt took place betwcen the steamer and the tow on the extreme edge of the channel. ffeld, that the tug was solely to blame. �2. SAME—NAViGAiroN— Local Oustom. �lleld, that, there is no local custom in the channels in the Patapsco river, and in the Chesapeake bay, at ita mouth, for large vessels descending the channels to take the easterly side, and that the estab- lishment of such a custom, not being called for by any necessity, is to be deprecated as a dangerous departure from the settled rules of navigation. �Tn Admiralfy. CrosB-lil-els. ��� �