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Word: scupper (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...report, which was forwarded to the Department of Commerce, Inspector Hoover denied the prevailing story that the Vestris shipped water first through an illsealed coalport. He declared that it was much more likely that water first entered the vessel through a broken scupper or sanitary pipe. Not until she had a list of 13 degrees or more would the coal ports be submerged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: Wake of the Vestris | 12/24/1928 | See Source »

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