INDEX. 



Admiralty, proposed enforcement of regulations by, 19, 20 

 Albert Edward, boats provided for the channel steamer, 6 

 Appliances for saving life at sea, inadequacy of present, 7, 14, 18 



life-belts, 14 

 ,, buoys, 14 

 ,, jackets, 14 



mattresses, 14 



portable, 14 

 Atlantic, loss of the, 4 

 Avalanche, 4, 9 



Bahama, loss of the, 12 



Birkenhead, ,, 7, 8 



Board of Trade, requirements for protection and safety of life at sea, 6, 14, 19 



20 

 Boat-lowering and disengaging gear, 15 

 Boats for saving life, 5 



accommodation of, 5 



akcaj's ready, 16 



insufficient number of, 5, 6, 18 



launching of, 16 



materials, lines and principles of construction of, 1 5 



provisioning, 17 



weakness of system of, 1 5 

 Bywell Castle, collision between the Princess Alice and the, 10 



Calais Doiivres, boats provided for the Channel steamer, 6 



Causes of the delays and difficulties in launching and lowering boats, 7 



Centaur, loss of the, 1 7 



Cinibria, collision between the Sultan and the, 12, 13, 18 



Collision between the Avalanche and the Forest in the English Channel, 9 



Cospatrick, loss of the, 9, lO 



Culpable neglect on the part of shipowners, 3 



Davits, form and other characteristics of, 15 

 Deck lumber, 15 



