BAIN v. MOSS HUTCHISON LINE, LTD.*

(1947) 81 Ll L Rep 518

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Birkett.

Negligence-Safe system of working- Precautions against fire on board ship in harbour - Warning of outbreak - Sounding of alarm-Duties of night watchman-Fire drill - Outbreak of fire on board defendants' steamship Esneh in Taranto Harbour, causing death of purser-Action brought by widow against shipowners under Fatal Accidents Acts, 1846-1908, and under Law Reform (Miscellaneous) Provisions Act, 1934-Evidence as to provision of night watchman; as to time of discovery of fire; as to warning system; as to fire-fighting instructions; and as to fire-drill - Merchant Shipping (Fire Appliances) Rules, [1940] S.R. & O. No. 2170.