THE RUNNING DOWN OF THE NORTHFLEET.
An action in the High Court of Admiralty in England has just commenced against the owners of the Murillo by the owners of the Northfleet to recover damages for losses sustained by the fearful collision off Dungeness. The claim is for £14,000. A prior suit was instituted against the steamer for £ 15,000, hut it was changed to the present suit, not against the ship, but against the owners. This usual course is to arrest a vessel, and bail is required to be given before she is released. In this suit the proceedings are against the owners— in personam, as it is termed—and they are called upon to appear—When the last mail lei't England, a Board of Trade inquiry had commenced, and evidence, it was said would be produced to prove that the Murillo was the vessel that ran into the Northfleet.
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Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1067, 29 April 1873, Page 4
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147THE RUNNING DOWN OF THE NORTHFLEET. Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1067, 29 April 1873, Page 4
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