. Recensione di recensioni e mondo del lavoro. e pubblica la questione che è venuto a ogni oneslips era la stessa domanda che è stato chiesto sixmonths fa, dopo la bruciatura del IroquoisTheater in Chicago e come potrebbe un tale thinghappen ? Quello che è certo è che centinaia di livesmight sono state salvate se l'Slocum beenbeached aveva in precedenza, invece di eseguire un due-milecourse con il fuoco guadagnando progressi everyminute ; ma il suo capitano non lo crede pos-bili alla spiaggia prima di lei e sperimentato navi-gator differiscono per quanto riguarda la correttezza del suo judg-mento. La questione di vitale interesse per thepublic non è l'fallib

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. Review of reviews and world's work. e public the question that came to every oneslips was the same question that was asked sixmonths ago, after the burning of the IroquoisTheater in Chicago—How could such a thinghappen ? It is certain that hundreds of livesmight have been saved if the Slocum had beenbeached earlier, instead of running a two-milecourse with the fire gaining headway everyminute ; but her captain did not believe it pos-sible to beach her sooner, and experienced navi-gators differ as to the correctness of his judg-ment. The matter of vital interest to thepublic is not the fallibility of any individualsjudgment in a great emergency, but rather thebroad question, Are the steamboats navigatingNew York Harbor properly safeguarded against-accident ? It is charged that the Slocums fire-extinguishing apparatus was wholly ineffective ;that the woodwork used in her construction, where metal might have been used, was butfuel for the flames ; that oil was carelessly stored•and handled in her hold ; that many of the. VOLUNTEER LIFE-SAVERS IN THE SLOCUM HORROR. river men, policemen, and others, who saved 110 lives andashore 127 dead on the day of the disaster.) life - preservers were old and rotten, and thatall of them were stuffed with a granulatedcork that lost all buoyancy when in contactwith the water. A proper inspection mighthave secured a fire apparatus that would atleast throw water and life - preservers thatwould float a human body. As to the inflam-mability of materials used in the constructionof such craft, our practice and legislation areboth obsolete. Modern metallic constructionshould be demanded in these boats as much asin ocean liners. Secretary Cortelyou, of theDepartment of Commerce and Labor, actingunder special instructions from President Roose-velt, promptly organized a thoroughgoing in-quiry into the whole affair. This inquest islikely to prove of great value, not merely infixing the responsibility for this particular dis-aster, but in sho

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