Show SEVERE TEST OF A SAVING lIFE GLOBE LONDON Nov No 19 Another Another test test- has been I en the Invention invention given saving life globe tion for us use in shipwrecks b by Capt Donvig Don a Norwegian The Tho object t of or orthis this test was to te ascertain how the craft would behave J. J Jn n hen heavy seas While the waves were running extremely cx- cx high and anda lt a n. sea ea ca was running In which it was as declared no lifeboat could live the globe was towed lowed h by a tug from rom I Dover Do harbor Into the c channel In Iii order that the apparatus should be beas beas beas I as near as lS possible In the same name condition condition condition condi condi- tion as as it would be if IC used In cas case c of or shipwreck it was as wel weighted with sand ha bags s which with four men who sho were cre In the globe made th the weight equivalent lent to that of or twenty men and thirty lays days provisions pro The globe Iobe without its crew was first towed out to sea between Dover Dovel and the south foreland Tho The strong stron wind raised terrific seas Several Se times the tug was tas caught In the trough and her decks were completely swept so that It was as necessary to batten down all the hatchways But the globe g rode over o the waves like a n. cork orle Finally It was as towed lowed Into quiet water where herc Capt Donvig accompanied b by three Dover Do seam seamen n II went vent aboard Thc They fastened the manhole and the globe Iobe was again lowed towel to sea When the full force of or the wind vInd and seas was experienced Capt Don Donvig signaled signaled sig sIg- lUlled through the manhole to ca cast t or off the tow rope The globe left to itself bobbed bout about In the heavy seas but hut showed no inclination to roll roil over o After Aller tossing about for ten or fifteen minutes Capt Donvig and one of the th sailors emerged from the manhole and find lashing themselves es to the outside of or the globe set Ret a small sail which they pulled through the manhole with them The Theair Theair Theall air all funnel tunnel was used us a mast and the queer craft cfaft was navigated d hack back to barbor harLor harbor har bar bor Lor a distance of ot several se miles |