Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-23 | Page 1 | Chamber to Aid Escape of Sub Crews Designed

Chamber to Aid V Escape of Sub Crews Designed BAKERSFIELD Cal June 23 AP Crews of foundered submarines sub marines or of any sunken vessels instead ad of perishing in the trap of a submerged hull may stand standa a good chance of reaching the surface if an ingenious safety chamber the invention of two Kern county men is adopted by the navy department Albert G. G Johnson geologist f for r the Texaco Oil company and Charles D D. D Ewing hydraulic engineer of Taft Cal CaK are the inventors Their plans make provision in any submarine or other vessels for a buoyant chamber into which the crew may pass and which may be released from the ship and either float upward due to its own buoyancy or be hauled upward by a salvage ship J