PIRATES’ FLAG IN THAMES
The strange sight of a liner flying the “skull and crossbones” flag greeted the eyo of the visitor to Til bury Docks on the Thames recently. This ensign, formerly the most dreaded on every* sea, has now been found of practical use by officials of the Orient Steamship Company’. Every vessel entering the dock to be fumigated after a lengthy voyage flics the former pirate flag as a warning to trespassers. Despite every precaution to keep people away from the ship once she has been hermetically sealed and filled wilh poisonous sulphuretted hydrogen gas, accidents frequently occurred, until a junior member of the stall at Tilburyhit on the idea of flying ’! e old pirate flag as an additional signal. Since the plan has been officially adopted at Tilbury there have been no further mishaps.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 153, 30 June 1934, Page 5
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