A collision between two steamers, the Chenglee and the Nancy Moller, outside the Taku Bar on the night of March 16, 1920, was the subject of an ection begun in H. M. Supreme Court on Thursday, before his Honour Judge Skinner Turner and Captain Hartford, of H. M. Kinsha, sitting as Nautical Assesser. The owners of the sir. Chenglee claim Y.19,915, $8,775 and Tls. 55, particulars of their claim being as follows Cost of repairs 19,729 Lloyds survey at Tairen 150 Taireo Marine Association's survey 45
Demurrage 14 days at $600 per day 8,400 Cost of bunker coal on trip in ballast Tientsin to Tairen, 25 tons at $15 37
Lloyds survey at Tientsin Copy of Lloyd's survey of Nancy Moller 5 Total ¥. 19,915 $8,775 Tls. 55
Smremenr oF Crane.
1.—The plaintiff, has " suffered damages from injuries to its steamship Chenglee by a collision with the steamship Nancy Moller the Property of the defendant company caused by the negligent navigation thereof by the defendant company or its servants outside Taku Bar on March 16, 1920, as hereinafter appears.
2—On March 16, 1920, at 11.50 a.m. the Chenglee anchored about one and one-half miles westnorthwest-quarter-north of the lightship outside Taku Bar. Having di charged a portion of her cargo of timber into lighter during the day, the Chenglee lay at anchor in the evening awaiting high tide in order to cross the bar and proceed to Tientsin. Anchor lights shown. Near midnight there a light east-southeast wind, force 2, the weather was clear and tae tide was at flood, about 11 feet on the bar according to the signal lamp. The Chenglee was then drawing 12 feet at both bow and stern. The captain, chief mate and second mate of the Chenglee were on the bridge watching the tide signals. The Chenglee was lying with her head east-by-south.
3.—In these circumstances the Captain of the Chenglee, at about 11.45 p.m., saw what proved to be the steamship Nancy Moller approaching on the Chenglee's starboard side showing all navigation lights. When the Nancy Moller was distant from the Chenglee about 500 feet one of her white lights and her two side-lights were extinguished and the officers of the Chenglee heard the order given on board the Nancy Moller to let go anchor. Nevertheless the Nancy Moller continued to approach the Chenglee and at about 11.55 p.m. her bow struck the after starboard
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