The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-02
RIO CLAIMANTS
GIVEN DAMAGES
VIII Receive Eighty.
Five Per Cent Of.
the Awards:
Master and Pilot Blamed for
Loss of Lives and
:. ... Property. !.


United states District Juege 90 HAven
handed dewn. an opinion b the MATES
OF the application Of the; Pacific Mail
steamship Company for Limitation of
liability. for damage caused by the wreck
OF the steamship Rio de Janeiro outside
The Golden Gate on February q, 1901, AS
the. vessel was a total loss there was
nothing but the freight and passage
money pending out Of which TO pay the
claims, and the liability Of the company
was therefore limited TO 50, s27 with in
terest from March 1901
In commenting upon one feature OF the
case the court said;
II is manifest that the damage must be
Greater where the deceased LEFT wife child
j. f5aF Il be only left Collateral heirs. AS - the
claims Tor loss OF baggage made by the ad-
uinistrstOr OF the estate OF Sarah W. and
Naomi Wakefield and OF -Letitia Alortch Wild
man the evidences. as TO the actual value OF the
baggage is not very tisfactoTy and . the
claims are grossly exaggerated 49,. 81.
The court disalloWed the claim OF ".
. E. Do6d. for baggage, there being no evs-
dence on that point; The opinion then
? Went on es follows: -
The claim OF Clara. Barwick for damages on
ACCOUNT OF the loss OF her husband, Edward.
must be oisalloWed; The evidence showing that
13a-usiex was employed as butcher the: Rio
de IaEeiro and was; therefore, e fellew servant
1880; tbs Steamer VS. lost .she claims made
On behalf OF Sam Bell Wakefield and F. W
" Wakefield, brothers OF Miss Naomi Wakefield
3 and. sons Of Mrs Sarah Wakefield. for damages
on account OF the death OF their motneT a .I
sister VIII be disalloWed. DO not think the
evidence shows that either Of these claimants
sustained any. pecuniaTy damage by. reason or
.the death OF their mother or sister. -
-. The following damages were then
awarded: ~ ->-; -.
sarah Jehu. for the death Of her daughter
Sarah. RoWena Jehu. $500; Kate West for:
personal injuries resulting in loss OF time and
Tor loss. OF baggage, $3.50 3: C HAYES. sd-
Irlfnistrator Of the estate OF Naomi Wakefield
Tor loss 81 -baggage $1,000 Ruth KILLER, exec
utriE for the estate Of Sarah Wakefield, for
loss Of baggage $500. Maria Gussoni' and
9'elice GUssoni. $1,000. Frances Ripley, loss OF
baggage $500; WI liam F.: -Aldrich. executor OF
the estate Of -Letttia. aAldrich Wildman. $500
$1,000 thereof on account Of loss OF baggage
and $500 for fhe use and .beHent Of virginia
FOo1e Alcr1ch. mother Of deceased for damages
resulting re her from the Death Of. said de-;
ceased: Sarah GuyOns ADMINISTRATIVE. OF the es-
tate OF Henry Guyon, $1,000 damages on &C
count, Of the death of said deceased; Russell
Harper. damages-inf the sum Of $4,000; William
= I3zander5, S4e0; Richard p. Henshall. adnlinis-
$1,000 on account Of loss of baggage and 81 500
-for: the use and beDeht Of Mrs. G. A. DeUhof.
sister Of. the deceased. damages sustained. by.
" her By reason Of his death: Richard p Hen
shall. administrator of the estate OF William
A. denshsll. $4,000 damages .Occasiened: by the
death Of said deceased. Laurence T Wagner.
sg0argiap- OF Frank -NVoodworth. a yninor dam
ages un account OF the death Of the father. Of
said. minor. 5000 .-.-- 49, -.--7'
.-- M0fi0r OF petitioners to modify the appraise-
tmert.o the value Of the steamship Rio de
. JaneirO and of freight ans passage. money
pending. made by United Staces Commissioner.
= Morse. August !. 1901. Is denied.
As the stipulation given by the petitioner is
nor sufficient to pay 1he:-clainls in full. the
claimants VIII be paid pro rata
=. The foregoing allowances made by the
court 10 the extent OF s.. per cent, viii
: be paid out OF the freight and. passage
money pending: -. !