The Archive · 1883

Fog Gun Signal

The keepers at this Lighthouse on hearing a bell, fog-horn, steam whistle, or any other sound, during foggy or thick weather, i ug the proximity of a vessel, will fire two guns with an interval of three minutes between them, and, if the vessel's fog signal is still heard, will repeat the firing after an interval of eight minutes.

By Order of the Inspector General of Customs, A. M, BISBEE, Coast Inspector. Imperial Maritime Customs, Const Inspector's Office, Shanghai, 5th April, 1882,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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