The Hesperos’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““On the morning of the 18th day of October, 1915, between 7 and 8 o’clock, a collision took place between the United States ship Arethusa, inward bound, the Hésperos, anchored on the eastern side of the channel of the Elizabeth river, opposite Craney Island Light, Norfolk, Va., and the barges Emilie and Cassie, being two of a tow of three barges then proceeding down the river on the western side of the channel, under the following circumstances: “The Hésperos, a large ocean-going steamship, 389 feet long, 54 feet beam, and 24.6 deep, having loaded part of her cargo at the piers of the.Norfolk & Western Kailway Company at Lambert’s Point, was taken out from the pier by the tug Pocahontas, of the Lambert’s Point Towboat Company, and proceeded down the river to a point just below Craney Island Light, for the purpose of loading a consignment of dynamite, which was then on a barge at anchor on the flats, to the eastward of the place at which the Hésperos' came to anchor. The Hésperos was followed down the channel by the tug Gwalia, towing three barges, lashed together, on a hawser of 25 to 30 fathoms. The tide was ebb, the weather good, and practically no wind. The tug and tow navigated to the western side of the channel, upon the Hésperos making its departure for the eastern side. The Hésperos was anchored over as close to the bank on the eastern side as she could get, and with the ebb tide her stern swung slowly to the westward, coming round to the tide, her engines being kept s”

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