The case on behalf of the owners of the Atsuta Maru No. 2 is that" at noon on the day of collision their ship left Nanking for Shanghai that she is a right handed screw steamship with a gross tonnage of 2,177 tons, that she loaded no cargo and at the time of the collision was drawing 8 ft.2 fwd, and 11 ft. aft, that at about 9.10 'p.m. while she was steaming downward along Yang An Chow she noticed a river steamer at a distance of about three miles, 1 of 12 points on the starboard bow, stopping near Tung Hsin Chang on the opposite side of the river showing a red light number of white Tight Atsuta Maru No. 2 was, 2 mast head Tights, side lights and Stern light, that on approaching. the Beaver Island Beacon she observed the other steamer beinning to move apparently for the beacon, that while carefully watehher she observed the red light gradually being obscured and the green sidet'ght alone came into sight, that the two steamers were approaching green to green in the Trosition of safety, that the Atsuta Maru No. 2 then shaped her course to South and gave two short blasts on her whistle and maintained her course, that no response was given by the other steamer, that shortly afterward when both steamers were very close the Hsin Da Ming giving signal turned suddenly' to, starboard side showing her red light fand began to cross the bow of the Atsuta Maru No. 2 with a high speed, that this reckless: manguvring immediately caused danger of collision, that the Atsuta Mara No, 2 at once put her helm hard-a-port, gave three short blasts and reversed power in spite of these with full
measures a collision took place and that the Hoin Da Ming was struck on her port bow by the Atsuta Mara No.2 st an angle of about 60 degrees at about 9.26 p.m. that the damaged parts of the Atsuta Mara No. 2 were two hollows and a crack con the starboard bow and a hollow fon the port bow, that the Atsuta Maru No. 2 after the collision pro: mer and until 9.05 am. y 19, and that the Atsuta Maru No. 2 heard no signals from the other vessel.
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