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 476 FEDBBAIi BEPOBTBR. �possession as against one who, according to testimony that Las not been disputed, bought the boat in 1875, paying full value therefor, and since then bas been in peaeeful possession of the boat, with the knowledge of the libellant and withont objection on bis part. The libel is dismissed, with costs. ���The Old Natohez. �IDisiriet Court, 8. B. Mississippi. 1881.) �1. DiSMANTLED Wateb-Cbaft — Salvage. �Salvage services can be rendered to a dismantled steam-boat, moored on a navigable river, and undergoing alterations and repairs for the purpose of being iitted for use as a wharf-boat. �In Admiralty. �Albert M. Lea, for libellant. �W. B. Pittman, for claimant. �HiLL, D. J. The questions for decision arise upon the libel, an- swer, and agreed state of fact8,.from which it appeard — That the vessel arrested was formerly used in navigatiiig the Mississippi river; that she became unflt for that service and was dismantled of all her machinery and other appartenances necessary for such use, leaving the hull, cabin, and outer construction ; that she was purchaaed in this condition at Cincinnati, and by her owners removed to a landing near the eity of Vicks- burgh, for the purpose of being repaired and fltted for use as a wharf-boat for shippers and passengers upon and aeross the Mississippi river at Vicks- burgh, or those shipped to and from said port upon vessels plying upon said river; that she was moored to the bank of said river by such ca- bles and fastenings as are used upon steam-boats for said purposes, and was undergoing the necessary repairs and alterations to fit her for the uses intended ; that there was moored to and f astened by her side a barge loaded with coal, which caught fire, and which fire coininnnicated to the Xatchez. Libellant, diseovering the flre, went to the rescue, awoke the watohman on the ifatchez, and with the aid of another, who came to their assistance, eut loose the burning barge, sent her adrift, and extinguished the fire on the boat. In this service they encountered considerable beat and smoke, and some Per- sonal hazard, and libellant now propounds his chiim for compensation as a salvor. The owners of the boat deny that she is liable to any salvage charge whatever. �To entitle a salvor to compensation the article saved and upon which the charge is made must, at the time the services are per- formed, be upon or washed from the sea, or some navigal>le stream, and must be something used in navigating the stream or sea, or as ��� �