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Gene Kearns Gene Kearns is offline
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Default Stupid Ship Mistake Resulted in Huge Fire

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:45:44 -0800, javawizard penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|The 7,000-ton cargo ship, Fort Stikine, sailed into crowded Bombay
|Harbor, India. It was loaded with a mixed freight ranging from fish to
|cotton to explosives. A sailor noticed smoke coming out of a
|ventilator that serviced one of the ship's cargo holds, but since it
|was close to lunch time, he did not mention the problem. The fire in
|the hold was discovered after lunch, but by then it was raging out of
|control. Authorities suggested sinking the ship, but because the
|harbor was crowded and shallow, it would have to sail out to sea to be
|scuttled. No problem, but first the captain wanted to phone the ship's
|insurance company to see if they thought it a good idea. While he was
|on the phone, the ship blew up into a million pieces, sinking 27
|nearby ships, raining junk all over downtown Bombay and killing well
|over 1,000 people. - from www.stupid-mistakes.com

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