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Show Danger That Threatens Divers. "Blowing up" Is one of tho accidents , to which deep-water divers are tho most liable. When a diver la crawling on the bottom with his head down, says Popular Mechanics, ulr may accumulate ac-cumulate In the back of his suit, nnd, gaining accesB to the legs, cause him to turn turtle and shoot helplessly upward, up-ward, with the risk of coming Into contact con-tact with a ship's or boat's bottom. To mako such accidents Impossible, the diving committee of the English admiralty has recommended that all new diving suits be provided with an arrangement for lacing up the' legs and UUglis. |