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London, England, 1866-02-28 00:00:00

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from the sea, " unless from
dent happening." It app&
avoid the conclusion that the conitiu_ I in-
sufficient. In the first place, it might be enough to
observe that the skylight did in point of fact give
way. But, beside this, a construction which is only
secure "unless when an extraordinary accident
happens," is practically unsafe. It is against extra-
ordinary accidents that ships have to be secured,
and it is the most fatal fault not only of shipbuild-
ing, but of navigation, that everything is conducted
on the supposition that none but ordinary dangers
will have to be encountered. As much as this, in-
deed, is expressly admitted by the report. " All the
hatchways of a ship," it is said, " ought to be made
as strong as her deck ; and, when occasion requires
it, secure from the intrusion of the sea. This may
be done in a variety of ways more or less simple."
If so, the public will regard it as unpardonable if a
ship is ever sent to sea again with hatchways liable
to the same accident as that which caused the loss
of the London.

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The conclusion thus obtained is rendered the more
important from the very similar result of the inquiry
into the loss of the Amalia, which we published a
day or two ago. There, too, the loss of the ship was
proximatelypreceded by the water breaking into the
engine-room and extinguishing the fires. It is evi-
dent, in short, that the safety of these steam vessels
in a heavytorm depends almost entirely upon the
security of the engine-room. It is not improbable,
as Mr. Wison thinks, that the construction of our
fast steamers is such as to render them ill adapted
to meet a storm when reduced to the condition of
sailing ships; but, so long as they have steam-power
at their disposal, there is every reason for believing
them as safe, if not safer, than any other sort of
vessel. It is satisfactory that we 112 NC, thus been
able to trace these terrible disasters to the real cause,
ail l that this proved to- B-ep,"crefforeile'which be ' •
y
readayisnkilemel4d. •We cannot, indeed;.l44iiit
human foresight could not have averted 'the
for such a weak point in the construction ought 'to
,4= hate-lken'delected. But we inay rest satisfied that,
no `bfaah6. can . he :attached, <to tliosqwhO had; 'Ole:.
management of the vessel, and *e milt be thankful'
that we ¶ave discovered the means of gntarding.
against a similar catastrophe for the future.

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THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER-
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After which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD.
Mr. Fechter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; Mesdames Ternan, Elsworthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leclercq.