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of the hose
joints of the hose
while oil is being pumped, one of the
above events happened
would
suggest that the quantity of oil discharged would be very small, as
the back pressure valve
on the discharge line would prevent the oil running from the tanker, the sudden release of pressure would immediately stop the pump because if the oil in escaping caught fire, the quantity
and ever
that little
down.
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So I do not think any scale
damage could be
9. The situation of the installations
is particularly favourable, it is just at the harbour limits and the wharf will be of iron
10. If however some unforeseen accident
did happen and a leak occurred from the ship which could not be stopped,
I venture to suggest
that the best course to adopt would be for the vessel (which has always steam up) to move away as
quickly as possible and seek shelter, or break out of the small uninhabited