SALVAGE AGREEMENT—VESSEL IN DISTRESS.Salvage Agreement • May 29th, 2022
Contract Type FiledMay 29th, 2022BEE, District Judge. The brig Brothers, on her passage from Lisbon to Baltimore, had encountered a succession of dreadful tempests from the 12th to the 30th of December last, when she became a mere wreck, and was prevented with difficulty from foundering. For more than three weeks after this, the crew suffered all that human nature could en- dure; their provisions were expended, they had subsisted for nine days upon the flesh of a cat, and had actually salted one of the crew, who died of hunger and fatigue, as the only remaining means of preserving themselves from famine. Two of the crew had been washed overboard. In this situation, Cowell fell in with them, sent them a supply of bis- cuit, and requested them to quit their vessel, and come on board his; offering to convey them to port without any expense. The captain of the Brothers, however, prevailed on him, after some time, to take the vessel in tow, stipulating that, upon her arrival in port, Cowell should receive one half of the v