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Show GREAT DEPTH MADE ! IN NEW .DIVING SUIT BOSTON, Dec. 4 A world's record for deep sea diving w;ig churned today by John K. Turner of PMlrulelphKi, who said 1 attained a depth of 3u'(l feet off Graves' lieht ye?terday in an armored suit, the invention of a local mechanic. Turner announced that the suit met al! tests satisfactorily and that he would use it in an attempt to recover fold bullion from th.-; Firitish steamer Laurcntic, which wa3 torpedoed torpe-doed and sunk by .1 German submarine off the Irish coast. The suit was described as made of brass and weighing 400 pounds. Turner Tur-ner reported complete freedom of movement at 3G0 feet and claimed to be unaware of a' pressure, said nt that depth to be 130 pounds to the square inch. |