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COLUMN barge and break away from its tow mate. Being pushed by nication was shared with his attorney who instructed his the downriver current, the barge, which was now perpen- client to contact him as soon as he was given an interview dicular to the riverbank, drifted to the other side of the date and time so he could accompany him to the critical channel and continued its trek downriver. The former lead Coast Guard meeting.

barge, slowed by its allision with the docked boats, traveled While, the railroad bridge was promptly inspected and another 50 yards before grounding itself in the shallow wa- determined to be structurally sound and reopened to rail ter on the river’s western bank. traf