Word: scibilia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...instant, Pier Superintendent Ignazio Scibilia yelled an ail-ashore order to his crews, unloading copper from the Srbija. Some 150 husky dockers, used to emergencies, poured from the ship and other parts of the dock. Six loading tractors were swung around with noses pressed against the Srbija's side. Hawsers were slackened, 150 men and six machines pushed, the 10,000-ton ship was forced away from the pier. With just enough space to admit them, three men snaked down into the crevice, hanging on to steel stringers, 18 feet to black water...
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