Stupid Ship Mistake Resulted in Huge Fire
 

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

Stupid Ship Mistake Resulted in Huge Fire
 

The entry about David Kennison is false; they might all be, including this.

"javawizard" wrote in message
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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

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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Stupid Ship Mistake Resulted in Huge Fire
 

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