How the crew of a junk "jumped a few feet up" into the air when their vessel came into collision with a salvage tug was described in HM. Supreme Court on November 13, to the Judge, Sir Peter Grain, sitting with a British Naval Assessor, to. hear a claim for Tls. 38,000 damages brought by the Hsin Kee Ca. against the Shanghai Tug Lighter Ca., owners of the steam-tug Saucy." The collision occurred at about 9 p.m. on the night of March 23, this year, about two miles south of the Tungsha Lightship as] the junk, the King Yung Ching, was eu route from Dairen to Shang hai. Mr. A. M. Preston appeared for the plaintiffs and Mr. R. E. 3. Gregson for the defendants, In their complaint the plaintiffs allege that the collision was due to the failure of the Saucy to keep to the starboard side of the falr-5 that" the Saucy attempted to crore ahead of the junk; that the Saucy neglected to Keep the proper look-out; and that the Saucy failed to slacken speed and reverse in time to avoid a collision. The defendants, At the day on which the collision occurred he hnd anchored at 2 p.m. jin an anchorage some distance from Shanghai and came through the Amherst and Ariadne Rocks about th a south-east wind "good passed the Fairway Buoy just after 6 pin. and kept westward for one hour, changing his course to. north-west. when he saw the Tungsha Lightship about 10 li away. The tide was then on the ebb, though it changed to flood before the calision.
id not alter his course before the cclision. He had. both the Poop mainmast Tights, It before sundown, On the model before the court he showed what sail he had set, and stated that" it wns cloudy with a Tittle rain on the might of March 23, He saw the white light of the Saucy when he was about 10 away, before he passed the Tung sha Lightship, which was a little fon hin starboard. bow. The wvan a Tittle en his port bow. his crew were standing by, some on the deck, someone the poop, and bin Taodahs were at their stations,
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