The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-22

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seansansosss combustion !. =. ~
nasKsrs OF frsn-os-war "a $50 ||
A%s aasass % ee guarded sea.na1 ~
sood aeal CT coal dur ar 81 b..
sfSana ~ many parss Of TIE - q y
a. pfaeslcaiiy Perfect for s.<ssSsSS3
iaf is1ses. ess I ss rot used by NJ. ~
CT account 81 iss Sssowa aans.s,y ,a -.
% asss.I u nes eSsi~huaksrs shuf,t.s ss
nFs ana oeassr rooms. ia an mers !gl
eaHArts 'asfe - an Apparatus sA.s r.
sss0 "aea shs temperaiure =
t1sts aeoss a terrain 81 -.
The thinkers sre all nu,nn sr.s
temperature OF bunker No - MI
rises beyond the set marx ~ -.
gssta oy means OF s:nyfnx -
macasne placed Jus, o,s,s,ds ~ 49,
cabin. The marine Orderly fo- -
manding officer. whose station a,,s.<.ss =
cabin door naesss him % Keen - -
ard his ear atians,a % the nnss. y - g
bunker fire-alarm. Is always "a =.
make the rush % the offer AZ a.
with the news that there Il se-..ss
wrong IN ore Of the hankert r.. y
ships bugier sounds fire Quarters -.
hands gallon 10 their fire s.atlsas 49,
IS turned into the bunker. the .s~s n
which Is lgnited and The fi,e .hu. n,s I.
NO coas-pasSer or any other n,s.S
OF the engineers gang Is p<ymissss i
carry an open light iato the huake,, (.
the coai pasSsrs often do thu = y
same. Coal hankers on modern sA{,. ~
war are all fitted with couple or sssss
Ing electric lights each, but in coaSr.
ship the glass castings around these -
are generally smashed. for the ma -
leaving the huTakers ualighted. Ia -
passers can't see 10 get out Goa, b -
ers as dark as midnight. and 4 IA
carry their open lights into the -
''On one OF the big cruisers az ~ ~
cific station few years ago tn. 49,
fire alarm outside the shippers dnss q
up a steady ringing. and the mas.rs :
derry rushed forward with the znnss.s
msnt that there vas fire in coal hs,as |
No. s. The ship was at sea at IN -. |
but this Goa, bunker was as We, unhrv-s
ed. or at least the chief engineer ma y
been Informed. as is required. fAaf {.
coal-rassers had started TO haul eoa1 q
Of that bunker, Clearly, then. h 3
minds OF the chief engineer and tn Z
Ger or the deck, there WAS spontnS..
combustion In No. bunker, and 4 -
after the alarm was given the ~
were at the bunker door with the NJ |
hose. They found the bunker door - |
which the chief engineer couldn't o. |
stand. hat they le, enough steam inss q
bunker to push the cruiser five knotn y
fore al steady baw.ing OF sea explstv.|
from within the bunker caused shln n
shut the steam hose of. Then the v6n|
within was heard growing:
What the hloomin' devil are yem|
fiat-fco; paint-scrubhers a-tryin' 4 al
49, s,.zlr. =
b.astsd'---- And the rest of Il Was dn6sl
a torren, Of Jolly Roger talk.
THE voice within the bunker hsasoe1l
to a coal-passer who, without the kn11k1
edge OF the chief engineer. had h5osrA,a|
No. bunker because 4 was close s M
fire rooms. ard therefore easy 10 Wi
Tho coal-passer had taken an open n
into the bunker. and he had set TAXI -
down on fat lump OF coal dlrectn ~
meath the fire alarm apparatus. Ii G1l{|
take the fire alarm apparatus two minuau
10 become heated sufficiently to MAXI Nj
automatic report on deck. The coa,-nlSpe)
was given a chance to Think the ~
over while dong n ten-uay trick b ~
brig In double irons.
"A week rarely passes by that Soma ri
or other on fnan-of-war doesn't ri
mere or less grisvously hurt. II th<s n
net an unguarded open hatch for u n
step into, the rsan-o' -warsman ~ 4
chance to mash q couple Of toes OF 49,
In the mechanical maneuver driil Of op&|
hauling batteries. On the cruisers Y
st.li carry sail for steadying purpcu II
may he slapped on the side OF ths 1|
by loose. swapping haiyard. or he
and often does. take a had tumble 81 ]
deck from a suddenly Stacking ridglI]
DEAN below. among the black ~ I'd
fireman Is always thought.ess.y pied f3
an almost redho: s.icebar or devils =
at the wrong end. or getting a stred n
steam In bic eyes from careless has
Of valves. On the whole. notwithntsa|
the firm conviction OF most sailormee III
there Is lefs danger on the sea thaaS y
the land, the man-o'-warsman on mc1l
cruising ship In kept pretty consintlf
guessing if he wants TO get back Il n
wife or sweetheart az sound, who's RI
healthy az when he last saw her."-Nat
fngton Post