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Show Coal Oil for Ship Fuel. Boston Herald. Italy is experimenting with coal oil as fuel for ber vessels of war. It is possible to carry a supply of oil that will last longer than the maximum of coal that can be stored on a ship, but it is more expensive. To this must be added that the deadly coal oil can would be likely to reduce the number of vessels in the navy. The sailor is probably more careful than the servant girl, but huge tanks of oil on war vessels ves-sels involve an element of peril which can not be ignored. |