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244 FEDERAL REPORTES �Gbebnman and others v. Tas Steam-Boat Naebagansbtt. Wistrict Court, 8. D. Nm York. , 1880.) �1. CÎOLLISION — StEAMBR LBAYINO BlIP — NHÎETEBNTH ADMrBALTT �Rdlb. — The steam-boat City Point, having the steamer Narragansett in full view on her starboard hand, and being 900 feet from the slip within which the steamer was slowly moving eut, and their courses Crossing se as to involve danger of collision, waa signalled by the steamer, af ter having previously sounded her starting whistle. Hdd, under these circumstances, that the nineteenth rule was clearly appli- cable, and that the City Point was bound to keep out of the way of the Nari'agansett. �T?ie PropdUr John Tayl&r, 6 Ben. 227. �A. Same — East Rivbk — Negligence — Rate dp Spebd. — It is imprudent and reclcless navigation for a steamer to run at the rate of not less than nine miles an hour at the distance of about 276 feet from the piers of the East river situated on the Kew York shore. �8. Rate dp Spebd — Statuts. — A statute impoaing a penalty for running along the piers of the East river at a speed exceeding 10 miles an hour, does not necessarily render a less rate of speed prudent, �T. E. Stillman, for libellant. �W. R. Beehe, for elaimants. �Choate, D. J. This is a suit brought by the owners of the steam-boat City Point to recover damages sustained by her through collision with the Narragansett in the Hudson river, off pier 33, at about a quarter past 5 o'clock in the after- noon, on the twenty-sixth day of June, 1877. The City Point was a side-wheel steam-boat about 204 feet in length. She was then running as an excursion boat between the city and the fishing banks, and was on her retum trip. Having landed passengers at pier 2, she was proceeding up the river on her way to her next landing at the foot of Tenth street. �The Narragansett was a large side-wheel steamer running between New York and Stonington, and, at the time of the collision, had started on her regular trip for Stonington from her berth on the south side of pier 33, heavily loaded with freight and with a large number of passengers. Her length was about 253 feet. She came straight out from her slip ����