the firefrom beingextinguishedshould watergain accessto the stoke-hole or boilercompart-ment, whichin face of thepresent ma-chine guns isa c o n t i n-gemiyr to belooked for. The arrangement is exceedingly simple but effective. Thefact is the ash-pan is simply continued up round the sidesof the… … speed, it naturally follows that- the steaming powers of theboat would enable it to run from forty to fifty knots underthe conditions assumed; while, on the other hand, had thisnew arrangement not been provided, immediately the fire isextinguished the boat would be quite helpless, and the pumping…