Show TEST OF NEW LIFE LIFESAVING LIFESAVING LIFESAVING SAVING DEVICE NEW YORK Jan 17 At At the height of ot a severe storm at sea Michael Ryan a sailor on the Philadelphia which arrived arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived yesterday was swept overboard by bya a wave and was rescued against great odds It was the first real test of ot a new contrivance contrivance con con- for fol securing and quickly releasIng releasing releasing ing life preservers Charles S. S Lenz the inventor is master mastel at arms of the steamer He lie quickly loosened a life Ufe preserver from the lashing he had Invented in invented invented In- In vented and threw it within fifteen feet of Ryan When the steamer was brought to a stop Ryan n was holding ld o on to the f fi shi preserver ee t fully 0 one half mile away w |