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The of a vessel carrying them incurring any maritime assualty. Regulations so far as they relate to griles are in direct opposition to the provisions of the merchant Shipping Mats. Board of Trade requirements as to the Survey of Life Saving Appliances 1920 paragraph 160 are as follows "Proper provision "must be made for aggess of passengers to the embarkation deck and "for goatrolling and martialling them and finally embarking them

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requirements under the iracy Prevention Regulations are to keep all passengers other than those of first glass below the bridge

la the dock, which in all river steamers is also the boat deck. 0880 of river steamers all access from the main or lower deck is cut off from the next door above or from the saloon deck by means

Passengers in of locked spar gratings across the companionway.

the second oluge accommodation on the saloon deck aft are separated from the first class passen ere forward and from the dear above by means of looked gratings and Frilles. No officers or guards are below the bridge deck, that is the deo, above those on which the majority of the passengers (in many instances over 1000) are carried. In the event of a panic arising from fire collision or other maritime casualty the people below dears would be unable to reach the boat deck because of the looked grilles. The ships officers in the event of a collision would be fully occupied with their respective duties and therefore unable to attend to the unlocking of the grilles. If the guards had keys it is unlikely that they would have sufficient presence of mind or

In some steamers sufficient initi.tive to do anything of use.

which come within the purview of the kegulations there are

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