THE SAMUEL H. CEAWFORD. 907 �collision to New York. The third action is brought by the owners of the schooner to recover of the steamer the damages caused to the schooner by the same collision. The mass of evidence that bas been presented by the respective parties to this controversy establishes some things beyond the possibU- ity of dispute, among them these : The tiine of the collision was about half-past 3 o'clock a. m. The weather at the time was clear and very cold, the thermometer being some 14 degrees below zero. It v?as dark, but, according to the libel of the steamer, her lights could have been seen by the ap- proaching vessel for more than 20 minutes before the collis- ion. The wind was from the north-west, and blowing fresh. The steamer was bound devra the coast on a course south by west, tbree-quarters west, with her signal lights ail buming brightly, and at her nsual speed. The schooner was bound up the coast, sailing close-bauled, on a course north by east, or north-north-east, and nearly head on to the steamer. No oi^e on board the steamer observed the schooner until the two ves- sels were se close together as to render collision inevitable. As soon as the presence of ihe schooner was known on board the steamer, the steamer's helm was put hard a-starboardi and signais given to the engineer in quiok succession to Slow, stop, and back. The vessels came in contact just as the en- gineer received the first signal. The jib-boom of the schooner came over the starboard bow of the steamer, the end of it hit- ting the steamer's foremast. The bowsprit of the schooner was broken off and turned back upon the schooner. The schooner's foremast was carried away, and the fluke of her anchor that lay upon her starboard bow was broken. The head-sails, bowsprit, and foremast of the schooner were thrown back upon her starboard bow. A. stanchion from the steamer was thrown upon the schooner's deck near the main • rigging, some 60 feet aft the bow, and upon the starboard side of the deck. �The port side of the schooner showed nd marks of the col- lision. No part of the schooner was left upon the steamer, but the steamer sustained a severe injury upon her star- board bow, some distance from the stem, and showed marks ��� �
