The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-14
THE ELLIOT LIBELEp.
me Norwegian Steamship Hiram
wants Salvage for Pulling Her on a
Mud Bank.

Inc Norwegian Steamship Hiram
wants Salvage for Pulling Her on a
Mud Bank.
libel was filed in the United States
court yesterday against the British steam
ship Elliot and against AIessrs. Kavanaueh
& Brennan who have chartered her
freight room to bring bananas and other
iruit from Bluehelds TO Savannah. The
Dill was filed by Nessrs. Garard. Afeldrim
q Newman, attorneys for the owners of
the Norwegian steamship Hiram. of STAY
anger, Norway.
The bill alleges that shortly after ar
flVing at Bluefields on Nov. the Elliot
took on cargo of 600 cocOanuts and then
proceeded up the river in order to take on
a cargo of abut 1000 punches of bananas.
she was stuck in the mud Of the Bluefelds
Lagoon, near the Bluehelds bluff, about
TWO miles up the river. and could not get
OH II seems, through the use of her own
steam. The Hiram was the only steam
snip on hand at the time that could render
any service, and Capt. Mcdonald of the FL
not agreed to accept the services of Capt.
Jonas Soiland's ship. The bill states that
the Elliot was gotten off after several
hours hard work during which considera-
Die or the property belonging to the Hiram
was badly damaged.
1t is also stated that Agent Ingram had
ordered the bananas for the cargo cut,
ana II the Elliot had not been pulled off
by the Hiram the fruit would have been
so badly damaged by the time the Elliot
might have been ready to take it aboard
That 1t would have been worthless. For
this reason the libel is filed also against
Messrs. kavanaugh & Bremen, the own
ers of the cargo. The libellants claim
5000 as the amount to which they are en-
titled as salvage, and as the cargo against
which the libel was filed, has been dis
posed Of, they ask that the proceeds from
1t in the hands of the consignee be made
responsible for whatever amount is re-
covered. The Elliot was served with
notice of the libel yesterday by Deputy
Marshal Rafael Salas, but will probably
give bond to-day or tomorrow so that
she can leave at once on her return trip.
Capt. Mcdonald does not take a seri-
GUS view of the situation, as he states
that they were only in the mud about
twelve hours altogether, and that his
vessel was in no danger, being in a shell
tered place. He said that she could have
been pulled off by any tow boat and
that the service rendered was one to
which little or no risk was attached
Messrs Kavanaugh & Bremen are not
worried about the matter so far as they
are concerned. Mr.. Brennan stated yes
terday that, so far as the cargo was
concerned, II was in no danger whatever,
and that as for the bananas having
been ordered cut by his agent. his firm
could not have suffered any loss from
that source. as the ship always went to
the head of the river and took the ban
anas when coming down at the various
landings, and that his agent then had the
right to accept or reject them as he saw
fit. The fruit, therefore, was not pur-
chased, he said, until it was brought
to the ship and accepted. From the small
amount of salvage claimed, the defend
ants do not think that the plaintiffs are
as certain of their grounds for a claim
of this kind as they might be had the
service rendered been attended by greater
risks.
The Elliot brings no news of importance
from the Mosquito reservation. Things
are quiet there so far as the government
is concerned, and there is no excitement,
Capt. Mcdonald says, among any of the
residents.