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manceuvred his vessel so as to sail round the sinking 
vessel when it would have been utterly suicidal to put 
his own crew into a boat, and when, in fact, he could 
not spare his crew, but he managed to place his boat 
alongside the sinking ship, and rescue the ‘crew a few 
minutes before she sank. 
Mr. HEPTON asked leave to state that the fishermen 
sailing from the Humber believed the Act referred to by 
Mr. Alward would be a special benefit to them. He 
knew the greater part of the Grimsby people were of this 
opinion, and a unanimous opinion in its favour prevailed 
in Hull. 
Mr. ARNOLD (Kingsdown) said he had had to suffer 
enough through the loss of those nearest and dearest to 
him at sea, and if anything could be done to prevent it, he 
should be only too proud and happy to know it. They 
had heard about patent nets, patent lights, and other 
things, but he thought one of the first things was to bring 
more patent men in, but that was not to be done in a 
hurry, it- required experience and education. Loss of life 
very often took place suddenly, without the least idea it 
was going to occur. He had often had to witness disaster, 
and to endeavour to assist in the saving of life, and he 
believed loss of life often occurred through the emulation 
of the men. One man would say, we can hang on to our 
gear as long as our neighbours, and therefore they would 
let it go a little while longer; but by-and-bye the time 
came when they were obliged to let go the gear, and some- 
times perhaps it would be too late. But if the gear were 
let go they would not get so many fish; and if another 
man hung on and saw the gale out, the first man would be 
told. by the owners, “Why did you not hang on longer ; 
you could hold on as long as your neighbour.” In old 
