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Show To Make Shipwreck Perfectly Safe AVERT ingenious device has been invented in-vented by a German, Gustav Hein-rich, Hein-rich, which he declares will deprive shipwreck of all its terrors under all circumstances. circum-stances. Furnished with this device a passenger might be thrown into mid-Atlantic and live In comfort for many days while waiting to be picked up. The apparatus is made of watertight canvas. can-vas. It has sleeves ending in gloves. There is a. port hols in the head which can be closed when the weather is rough. When the port hole is closed air enters through a tube above the head. No water can enter through this. ' The man or woman using this device stands with his feet in a sort of bucket which forms the base. This bucket takes in a certain quantity of water . which acts as ballast, and keeps ,.--lfcs? the lifesaver and its occupant up-right. up-right. Sufficient food and drink ' can be taken aboard to keep the passenger alive for a week or more. The apparatus is provided witti a revolver and signal lights, with which the shipwrecked shipwreck-ed passenger can signal for help by day or night. Attached to the apparatus are ropes by which two or three people can keep themselves them-selves afloat if they have not the good fortune for-tune to have life-saving outfits of their own. It is proposed that one suit of this kind should be provided for every person on a ship. At present, as has been proved by many terrible disasters, there are no adequate ade-quate provisions for saving life in case of a 6udden sinking of the ship through collision or any other cause. The boats are not sufficient to carry all passengers, and it seems doubtful whether a sufficient number will ever be provided, although al-though an unusually active movement for ln suring safety at sea has been going on lately. In any case shipwrecked passengers may be thrown in the sea with such haste that there is no chance for them to get into the boats. In such accidents the boats may be sunk or made useless from many causes. The lifesaving suits at present provided are comparatively little use in case of a shipwreck in midocean. Rights Reserved. 2n in- ! Hem- A i iprlve J 1 rcum- ' ' j ; enger f & live I ; ng to 1 : : can- A - - X ; s enter !','. 'i ' JA 1 i.O ' ito4Mi,'J ! 1'evice -'r'-jr ! which - J " i volveT if ! vreck- , j : lay or 'i HerT ! ropes j Gustav Uiem- ? f ' Heinrich's d or; C . t Life-saving their i 4 Suit, on a ' ' ' s ed by j Furnished 5 irte- , t with ! e of a j Food, llisioa t ( Drink I rrv all t ' and hether ' 'A Signals, ; led.al- .f'-'-T and ! eia Will ; r,aveby9 j KeeP I there You boats. ! i Comfortable unk or i "t " in ovided 'V J MW-ocean. s of a '-w - |