"COFFIN SHIPS."
IS PZJMSOZ,X,'S "WORK UNDONE? LONDON, December 22. Mr. Cathery. secretary of the National bailors and Firemen's Union, commenting -on the linding of the Board of Inquiry regarding the sinking of the steamer Trevessa, said it would bo an excellent thing for the saving of life and property at sea if the old Plimsoll line, instituted in 1875, could be reverted to by modern shipping. Samuel Plimsolls •work had been largely undone, he said, by Orders in Council "in 190U, and later dates. With the old load line, the TreTessa would possibly be afloat to-day. It was mainly due to the efforts of Samuel Plimsolli a British politician and social reformer, who conducted a campaign against "coffin ships." that shipowners were compelled to have a mark on their vessels indicating the limit to which a ship might be loaded. Id one of his attempts to pass a bill for the purpose, Plimsoll shook his fist at the Speaker of the Commons, called members of the House "villains,"' and was reprimanded. For several years he was president of the Sailors and Firemen's Union. He died in IS9S.
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 7
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