AN INTERESTING CASE
STEAMER IN CHARGE OF A FIREMAN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Ohristchurch, Last Night. An interesting case was heard in Lyttelton today, when William Coffey, a fireman on the steamer Cygnet, was fined £3 for failing to keep steam up. The evidence showed that the Cygnet had an engineer and two firemen, the latter taking six hours on duty alternately. On a recent voyage to Kaikonra, while theengineer was sleeping, Coffey was in charge of the engine room, his duty being to oil the engines and keep steam up. Coffey went to sleep and let the pressure clown to 4Slbs instead of 80Ihs. Magistrate Bishop remarked that it was extraordinary that the engines of a vessel carrying passengers should be left in charge of a fireman.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 259, 2 May 1912, Page 5
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127AN INTERESTING CASE Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 259, 2 May 1912, Page 5
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