Part V. Accidents

1. Accidents with anchor and chain cable

1. Starboard cable parted at 4^th shackle

2. Let go port anchor immediately and veered cable to 4 shackles

3. Lowered boat and searched the lost cable by dragging boat anchor

4. Stopped (Gave up) searching for the lost cable

5. Found and picked up the above cable

6. While paying out port cable, the joining shackle of the 1^st length of chain cable parted

7. Cast anchor buoy to indicate the spot of the lost anchor and chain

8. Found that the starboard anchor was fouled with something in the water and we could not weigh it

9. Hove up anchor and found the anchor bent at its fluke

2. Accidents about steering gear

1. Steering engine went wrong, stopped engine and repaired it

2. Steering engine recovered and put engine full ahead

3. Electric steering gear being disabled, changed to hand gear

4. Steering restored to former state

5. On account of sudden trouble with steering engine, ran against a fishing boat

6. Found trouble in steering engine

7. Found something wrong in steering engine

8. Stopped engine to repair steering engine

9. Stopped engine for repairing steering engine

3. Accidents about screw propeller

1. The mooring rope fouled the propeller

2. Anchored temporarily on account of the accident to the propeller

3. A diver came on board and commenced to clear the foul

4. Completed work to clear the foul from the mooring rope

5. Had a diver remove the fouled rope and examine the propeller

6. He reported that propeller had sustained no damage

7. The propeller got fouled with the chain of the mooring buoy

4. FIRE

fire was put out, fire was ought under control

fire threatens to spread

fire spending itself

1. Fire broke out in #5 hold

2. Stationed all hands for fire fighting

3. The origin of the fire located at starboard side of after part in #5 hold

4. Immediately commenced pouring water

5. Started fire–extinguishing apparatus and fought the fire

6. The fire extinguished. The fire put out

7. The cause of the fire and the extent of damage are still unknown

8. Discovered smoke coming out of #3 hold

9. Located the seat of the fire at port side fore part of #3 tweendeck, by feeling the heat of deck plating at the part

10. Started sending steam and sea water into the space

11. Flooded the said hold with water

12. Opened the hatch to extinguish the fire by pouring of water

13. Some bales of hemp stowed in tweendeck starboard side of the hold caught fire

14. Nearly all hemp bales in tweendeck might be damaged by pouring sea water

15. Hull structure seemed to sustain very little damage

16. Found fire in #5 hold by the alarm of fire detector

17. Made one of sailors with air line mask and life line enter into the hold to find out the origin of the fire, but could not find it because of volumes of smoke

18. All ventilators and all kinds of opening installed at #5 hold, closed and covered

19. Reported the fire to the port authority without loss of time and requested their prompt cooperation in the fire–fighting. At the same time sounded 5 prolonged blasts of fire warning repeatedly

20. Fire brigade came to ship and joined with our fire–fighting operation

21. Fire–boat came alongside and hosed water

22. Dismissed station for fighting fire except night watchman