FIRE PREVENTION AT SEA.
British Official Wireless. . RUGBY, January 10. The question of the safety from fire of ships at sea is undergoing thorough investigation at the hands of the Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation and the Chamber of Shipping. Inquiry into this subject was suggested last June by the Board of Trade, but at that time the matter had already been raised. Although the record of British ships shows remarkable freedom from serious fires, it is recognised that the disasters which have overtaken other vessels, which were built to a high standard of specification, have made reconsideration of the prevention of fires a desirable and prudent step. Recent occurrences have increased public interest in the subject and it is anticipated that the reports under compilation will deal specially with the relation between outbreaks of fire and the design of liners in which the higher decks are without obstructing bulkheads, and with the material used for internal construction and decoration.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 659, 12 January 1933, Page 9
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158FIRE PREVENTION AT SEA. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 659, 12 January 1933, Page 9
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