“The stoker was designed to efficiently feed coal into the furnace and maintain a steady fire.”

“His singing career started when he was working as a stoker in a glass factory in his hometown of Huzhou in neighbouring Zhejiang Province.”

“The victim of the gunshots was a stoker in a local brewery, an innocent working-class man, with a pregnant wife and six children.”

“The after stokehole was flooded and water rolled sickeningly in the engine-pits.”

“In the end volunteers were taken into the stokehole and the Southland was beached.”

“During this time the stokehole hatches were open, but the fans were kept running at slow speed to maintain a moderate draught.”

“The stokehold vent cover aft of the funnel is also completely gone, with no evidence pointing to any remains.”

“There are coal bunkers each side of the stokehold and each of these holds 17 tons of steaming coal.”

“John reports the stokehold was manned by 2 stokers each watch on the 4 hours on, 8 hours off system.”

“Four burly engine room stokers are eventually drafted in to take it downstairs.”

“The engineer said he had heard they were intended for stokers but these were never applied.”

“She was 190 feet long with a complement of 90 officers, engineers, seamen, carpenters, servants, stokers, and marines.”