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But in all other cases (at any rate
when bulk Oil is in question) I
think boom may
and prudently insisted on,
to prevent out
flow of
the value
of
burning petroleum
There considerations
independent of
protection against Collision.
(4) Rule 17. (17
"The prohibition of
the wharf for any purpose
other than the discharge shipment of petroleum is consistent with the Thames Conservancy regulations for the bulk Oil trade in the Thames, one of the regulations being that the jetty shall be used no other purpose than the discharge (of a particular Standard).
Reference may be drawn to the terrible fire in the Hooghly in 1882, caused by the burning of the "Aurora" laden only with mineral oil in cargo) and when a strong flood tide and a westerly wind would have destroyed all the shipping in the port