164
*
most useful, eg
af
Havre in 1883,
and on various occasions
in
New
York Harbour
and
in
Bristol
}
N
Sucks on the occasion of the loss
of the petroleum laden ship "United" in November 1888.
7. Accordingly, I think that where
there is not (as there is at the Great North German Petroleum Ports - Bremen
& Hamburg) proper enclosed petroleum docks, the use of booms to prevent
any considerable extension of disaster (should one occur) is to be highly recommended.
of
trouble or steel
Possibly in the case of vessels (which themselves flow from dock to prevent out. booms
may be dispensed with.
But
* See Annual Report of Inspectors of Explosives for 1883, p. 46.
I was applied to personally for information at New York in 1886
& my Report on loss of "United".
I understand that the Bristol Dock Committee have adopted this precaution on the Avon mouth.