Volume Eleven - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - some more aspects - Random Rants, Notes and Articles No. 1 . . .

1920 - An advertisement within an American Shipping Magazine for Bunker Coals Promptly Supplied by Graham Brothers, Cardiff, Coal Exporters & Contractor. - [1025] [499]

1892 - The Curious Plight of a Diver - From the London Daily News - 'Yesterday morning a diver employed from Cardiff for the purpose of assisting in the operations for floating the vessel Accrington, had a vary narrow escape of losing his life. The water had been pumped out, the vessel plugged, and the diver went down on the outside to patch up the hole. To do this he had to remove one of the plugs which had been placed in the vessel for the purpose of stopping the inflow of water.  As the plug was taken out the suction drew in the man’s arm up to the shoulder, and he was kept tightly wedged to the ship’s side. He telephoned in the usual way to those above the water, but they were unable to release him from his perilous condition. A messenger was sent to the Penarth dock and Mr. Taylor, the diver attached to that place, immediately proceeded to the spot. He descended, and, after some difficulty, released his comrade from his dangerous position after he had been in the water an hour and a half.' - The Morning News  - [1035] [1036] 14th October 1892.