‘WHY DIDN’T YOU SIGNAL TO THE TANKER THAT SHE WAS COMING TOO CLOSE

26. ‘Why didn’t you signal to the tanker that she was coming too close?’ I said.‘We did signal,’ said the pilot, ‘but she came on in and ran ground.’‘What’s going to happen to her?’ I said.‘We’re going to try to tow her off tonight she’ll be here till she breaks up, and there’ll be an oil slick all along the coast.’