ccccl vi Steam cranes. Fires in boats to be put out one hour before loading or unloading. Boats not to have fires within certain limits. No smoking allowed. Matches. Explosives substances of different kinds not to be conveyed in the same ship or boat unless sufficiently separated from one another. Explosive and cargo to be kept separate. Wharves. No time to be lost in loading or unloading. Quantity below Blackwall. Places where to lie. APPENDIX. constructed and disposed in such manner as shall not tend to cause danger of fire or explosion. 32. Steam winches or cranes are not to be used in loading or discharging explosives. 33. An hour before going alongside any magazine or ship, and before loading and unloading, the fires and lights on board the boats are to be extinguished. 34. No fires and lights are to be permitted on board any boat while carrying explosive between Nine Elms and Blackwall, or within 200 yards of any town or village below Blackwall, or within 100 yards of any town or village above Nine Elms. 35. No smoking is to be allowed on board the boats while laden wholly or in part with explosive, or during the time of loading or unloading. 36. Safety matches only, of a description approved by an inspector appointed by the Conservators, are to be kept or used on board the boats; such safety matches to be kept in a safe place apart from the explosive. 37. Any explosive of the fifth (fulminate) class, or any such explosive of the sixth (ammunition) class, as contains its own means of ignition, or any explosive of the seventh (firework) class, shall not be conveyed in the same ship or boat with any explosive not of the class and division to which it belongs, unless it be sufficiently separated therefrom to prevent any fire or explosion which may take place in one such explosive being communicated to another. 38. In any ship carrying any quantity of explosive (beyond 300 lbs. for the ship's own use), and in any boat carrying explosive, due precautions shall be taken by means of a bulkhead or partition, or otherwise, and by careful stowing to secure the explosive carried from being brought into contact with or endangered by any other article or substance, conveyed in such ship or boat, which is liable to cause fire or explosion. 39. During the time that any explosive is being loaded or unloaded at any public wharf, no fires and lights, nor any article or substance liable to cause fire or explosion, shall be allowed at such wharf, or on board any ship or boat lying at such wharf, nor shall any person be allowed to smoke on the wharf or on board the ships and boats lying there during the loading and unloading of any explosive, or do any act or thing which is likely to cause fire or explosion. 40. The loading and unloading of explosive from, or on any wharf, ship, or boat, when once begun shall be proceeded with, with all due diligence, until the same is completed, and all explosive unloaded at a wharf shall be conveyed away from the wharf without delay. The above Rules shall not apply to boats carrying a quantity of explosive not exceeding 10 lbs. for private use, or to boats only carrying explosive of the first division of the VI. (ammunition) class. PART II. Relating to Explosives of the following classes as defined by an Order in Class I.-Gunpowder. II.-Nitrate mixture. (a)-Division I. (b)-Division II. when made with explosive of Class I. or II., excepting shells and torpedoes containing any explosive. VII.-Fireworks. 41. [Bye-law 41 is repealed by the bye-laws of November 19th, 1878 (b).] 42. Below Blackwall, ships may have on board 300 lbs. of the abovenamed explosives for the ship's own use, and may take on board as cargo, while under way, a quantity not exceeding 1,000 lbs. of these explosives. 43. No ship shall take on board or discharge more than 1,000 lbs. of explosive, as enumerated above, unless lying at the red buoy near the Essex shore in Erith Reach, about three cables' lengths above Little Cold Harbour; or at the red buoy in St. Clement's Reach; or at the red buoys in Higham Bight below Gravesend. If the buoys are occupied, ships shall lie as near the buoys as practicable, but not above, or to the west(a) This order is set out post, "Orders in Council," p. 25. (b) See "Forms," No. 49A. ward of a post placed in the river bank 450 yards below or eastward of the Ship and Lobster. 44. Boats waiting to load or unload ships in Erith Reach, or to load Boats in Erith from magazines above Jenningtree Point, shall lie below that point, near Reach. the Kentish shore, between two posts placed on the river bank above Erith Church. In St. 45. In St. Clement's Reach boats waiting with the explosives enu- Clement's merated above on board shall lie inshore of the lower or eastern set Reach. of swinging buoys. 46. In Higham Bight boats waiting with the explosives enumerated In Higham above on board shall not lie above, or to the westward of, a post placed Bight. in the river bank 450 yards below, or to the eastward of the Ship and Lobster. 47. Boats waiting to discharge their cargoes into ships in Erith Reach, Boats waiting St. Clement's Reach, or Higham Bight shall not lie at these places with to unload into explosives on board longer than three days. The period of three days ships. named in this bye-law may, under special circumstances, be extended by the Conservators in the case of such boats only as have no explosives on board, except such as belong to Division I. of the sixth (ammunition) class. 48. There shall not be conveyed in the same boat with any of the ex- Petroleum, plosives, to which Part II. of these bye-laws refers, any petroleum, &c., not to be naptha, paraffin, or other volatile spirit, oil, or substance giving off an inflammable vapour, nor any substances liable to spontaneous ignition, nor any article liable to cause fire or explosion (a). 49. Ships shall not carry more than 1,000 lbs. of any explosive, other than explosive of the first division of the sixth (ammunition) class, at the same time with any naptha, paraffin, petroleum, or other volatile oil, except a small quantity for the ship's own use, and such naptha, paraffin, petroleum, or other volatile oil shall not be used for any purpose, or on any pretence whatever, in a ship carrying more than 1,000 lbs. of any explosive, other than explosives of the first division of the sixth (ammunition) class, whilst such ship is in the River Thames within the jurisdiction of the Conservators (a). This bye-law shall be deemed to be and read as if it were included in Part I. of these bye-laws. carried in Petroleum, carried in explosives. 50. The explosives to which this part refers may be loaded or unloaded Public at the following, and at no other, public wharves: Orchard Ferry. Explosives belonging to Division I. of the sixth (ammunition) class may also be loaded or unloaded at the public wharf Blackwall Stairs. 50a. Whenever any explosive is about to be loaded or unloaded at the public wharves specified in bye-law 50, notice shall be given beforehand by the person or persons directing the loading or unloading to the inspecting officer of the district appointed by the Conservators under "The Explosives Act, 1875," and to the divisional superintendent of police acting in that district. This bye-law shall be deemed to be and read as if it were included in Part I. of these bye-laws. PART III. Relating to Explosives of the following classes, as defined by an Order in Class III.-Nitro compound. IV.-Chlorate mixture. V.-Fulminate. VI.-Ammunition-Division 2, such articles as are made of Division III. 51. [Bye-law 51 is repealed by the bye-laws of November 19th, 1878 (b).] (a) See "Forms," No. 49B. (b) See "Forms," 49A. wharves, cccclviii Not to proceed above Hole Haven. Boats to lie No other articles to be carried with explosives. Small quantities may be loaded in Higham Bight. Carriage of explosives for which importation license is required. Package of explosive. Penalty clause. APPENDIX. 52. Ships or boats laden wholly or in part with any of the abovenamed explosives shall not proceed up the River Thames beyond, or to the westward of, Hole Haven, nor shall any ship or boat load or unload the explosives above mentioned at any place in the river except within one mile of the entrance of Hole Haven. 53. Boats when laden wholly or in part with the above-named explosives shall lie singly in Hole Haven, at a distance of 50 yards from any other boat so laden, and, notwithstanding No. 3 bye-law of Part I., only one such boat shall be loaded or unloaded at the same time. 54. No other article is to be carried in boats at the same time with the explosives to which this part of the bye-laws relates, except such articles as may be necessary for the safety of the cargo, and such articles of food and clothing as may be required by the person or persons in charge, for his or their personal use. 55. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, a quantity not exceeding five tons of the above-named explosives may, by special permission given by the Conservators, be loaded or unloaded on board ship at or near the lowest buoy in Higham Bight, and boats may load or unload the above-named explosives at such place or places, and in such quantities, as the Conservators may, by special permission, allow. PART IV. General Regulations. 56. Any explosive for which an importation license is required, and which, for the time being, is not authorized by license or continuing certificate to be manufactured for general sale, nor authorized by a license to be imported for general sale, may be carried only in such manner as may be specially directed by the Conservators of the river Thames. 57. Nothing in of the above bye-laws shall be taken to authorize any the conveyance, loading, or unloading, of any explosive, unless the same is packed and marked in manner directed by law, that is to say: in the case of gunpowder, unless it is packed and marked in accordance with the general rules contained in sect. 33 of "The Explosives Act, 1875," subject to any alterations or additions that may be directed by rules made by the secretary of state, in pursuance of the same section: and marked in accordance with the general rules as altered by the secretary of state, in pursuance of sect. 40, sub-sect. 3, of the above-mentioned act. 58. Any person committing any breach of, or in any way infringing any of these bye-laws, shall be liable to the following penalties, that is to say: pecuniary penalties not exceeding twenty pounds for each offence, and ten pounds for each day during which the offence continues, and forfeiture of all or any of the gunpowder or explosives in respect of which, or found in the ship, boat, or carriage in respect of which, the breach or infringement of bye-laws has taken place. Penalties shall be recovered, enforced, and applied according to the provisions of "The Explosives Act, 1875." The seal of the Conservators of the River Thames was, this 24th day of January, 1876, affixed by order. E. BURSTAL, (L.S.) The above bye-laws (except as below enumerated) were sanctioned by the Board of Trade, the 26th day of January, 1876. C. CECIL TREVOR, An Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade. The seal of the Conservators of the River Thames was, this 20th day of November, 1876, affixed by order to bye-laws Nos. 37, 38, 49, 50, 50a, 52, and 55, as amended. E. BURSTAL, (L.S.) Secretary. The bye-laws last named, as amended, were sanctioned by the Board of C. CECIL TREVOR, An Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade. No. 49A.-Further Rules and Bye-laws for the Regulation of the Carriage of Explosives on the River Thames and its Tributaries, made under the authority of the Explosives Act, 1875. The Conservators of the River Thames, in exercise of the powers and authority vested in them by "The Explosives Act, 1875," and of every other authority them hereunto in anywise enabling, do order and direct as follows, that is to say:Bye-laws Nos. 1, 16, 41 and 51, of the bye-laws of 1876, for the regulation of the carriage of explosives on the River Thames, sanctioned by the Board of Trade on the 26th January, 1876, and 22nd November, 1876, respectively, shall, after these present bye-laws shall have been sanctioned by the Board of Trade, be and the same are hereby repealed, and, in lieu thereof, the following bye-laws are substituted:— 1. Any ship with a greater quantity than 300 lbs. of explosive on board shall fly a red flag, not less than two feet square, at the mast head, the flag to be kept flying when the ship is loading or unloading, and while the ship is in the River Thames. Every ship before leaving any of the docks or moorings, with the intention of shipping in the River Thames a greater quantity than 300 lbs. of explosive, shall hoist such red flag, and she shall keep it flying until the explosive is taken on board, and as long afterwards as the ship is in the river. Addition to No. 3 Bye-law. Under special circumstances, and subject to such regulations as the Conservators may require to be observed, they may allow one ship, and no more, to lie alongside another ship for the purpose of transhipping explosive. 16. Any person or persons employed on board any ship at a time during which explosive is being loaded or unloaded, or is being stowed or unstowed, and any person or persons on board any boat carrying explosive, shall not wear boots or shoes, or slippers fitted with iron nails or metal tips, or heels of any kind, and they shall not have about their person any fuzees, matches, or other combustible. 41. No ship when in the river above Orchard Stairs, Blackwall, shall have on board more than 25 lbs. of the explosives named in Part II. of the bye-laws. This bye-law shall not apply to explosives of the VI. Ammunition Class, Division I., that is to say : Safety cartridges. Safety fuzes for blasting. Railway fog signals, and 50B. Not less than 48 hours before shipping a greater quantity than 1,000 lbs. of the explosives enumerated in Part II. of the explosives bye-laws, notice shall be given of such intended shipment, and of the time at which it will be made, to the harbour-master of the district where the explosive is intended to be shipped, that is to say :— To the Harbour-Master of the Upper District, at 41, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, E.C., if the explosive is to be shipped above the harbour-master's house, East Greenwich. To the harbour-master of the central district, at Old Charlton, if the explosive is to be shipped in Erith Reach. To the harbour-master, at Gravesend, if the explosive is to be shipped at the Greenhithe Powder Buoy, or in Higham Bight, below Gravesend. Such notice shall be given by an owner of the ship, or by his agent on his behalf, or by the loading broker. Nothing in this bye-law shall be held to supersede in any manner the requirements of any other bye-law. PART III. Relating to explosives of the following classes, as defined by an Order in Council, dated 5th August, 1875 (a): Class III.-Nitro compound. V.-Fulminate. VI.-Ammunition. Division 2. Such articles as are made of Classes III. and IV., and 51. Previous to the arrival of any ship laden wholly or in part with any explosive of the above-named classes, notice shall be given by the consignee, broker, or agent, of (a) This order is set out post, "Orders in Council," p. 25. the explosive, to the harbour-master, at his office, at Gravesend, and in the case of an explosive imported from abroad, for which, in virtue of sect. 40, sub-sect. 9 of "The Explosives Act, 1875," an importation license is required, the consignee, broker, or agent, shall be bound to satisfy the harbour-master by the production of his license, or otherwise, that the importation of the explosive in question is duly authorized; and not less than forty-eight hours before shipping any explosive of the above-named classes, notice shall be given by the consignor, broker, or agent of the explosive, to the aforesaid harbour-master, at Gravesend, of the intended shipment of such explosive, and stating the time at which the shipment will be made. All notices required to be given by any of the bye-laws made by the Conservators of the River Thames, under "The Explosives Act, 1875," shall be given in writing, or partly in print and partly in writing, as required by sect. 85 of that act. The seal of the Conservators of the River Thames was this 9th day of September, 1878, affixed by order. E. BURSTAL, Secretary. (L.S.) The above bye-laws were sanctioned by the Board of Trade, the 19th day of November, 1878. C. CECIL TREVOR, An Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade. No. 49B.-Bye-laws made by the Conservators of the River Thames in pursuance of The Petroleum Act, 1871 (a). Petroleum Act, 1871. In pursuance of the Petroleum Act, 1871, the following bye-laws have been framed by the Conservators of the River Thames, and confirmed by the Board of Trade, and are hereby published in accordance with the said Act. No. 41, Trinity Square, Tower Hill, 26th July, 1872. E. BURSTAL, Secretary. RIVER THAMES. THE PETROLEUM ACT, 1871. The Conservators of the River Thames, in exercise of the powers vested in them by "The Petroleum Act, 1871," do hereby enact the following bye-laws: 1. No ship or vessel laden either wholly or in part with petroleum rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, or oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat, or other bituminous substance, or any products of petroleum, or of any of the above-mentioned oils, which said oils, or products of oils, when tested in manner set forth in Schedule I. to "The Petroleum Act, 1871," give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 100 degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, shall, for any purpose whatever, be navigated, lie in, or be moored, and no part of the cargo shall be discharged from any such ship or vessel in any part of the river Thames above or westward of Thames Haven; and all such ships or vessels, whilst laden as aforesaid, shall, when moored or anchored, lie singly and apart from each other, with a clear space of not less than 100 feet of water separating them. 2. The cargoes of such ships or vessels may be discharged below Thames Haven into covered barges constructed of iron and licensed for the purpose by the Conservators of the river Thames, but whilst so employed the barges shall be towed during daylight only to their places of destination, and no fires or lights shall be used on board them. The Board of Trade hereby signify their confirmation of the above bye-laws. By order of the Board of Trade, the 13th day of July, 1872. (a) See 34 & 35 Vict. c. 105. See also 41 & 42 Vict. c. 70. |