Show shoot oil on water to calm angry waves I 1 T boston shells filled with a n I 1 gallon of oil and fired at angry 4 4 waves by the united states life guards will calm them according to tests made by 11 II S parker of i 1 Co hasset lie ile says T these it e s e shells filled with a gallon of oil tired fired by low force powder charge would statter scatter the oil on the surface i of the water A barrage of such shells to the windward of a wreck would produce it 11 sufficiently smooth sea to enable a lifeboat to make a safe approach from the shore to the wreck T these oil shells are now being 1 tested t |