SAVING LIFE AT SEA.
A correspondent makes the following suggestions in the Auckland Echo, on " Saving Life at Sea":—" On every large ship, such as the Otago liners, there are two houses on deck. Now, I would substitute for these houses square moulded boats or barges of Bessemer steel, strong-decked, and with hatches on the deck, only with ladders. Round these housetops, if I might coin the word, I would have watertight compartments of cork, kept well up, so that they would be unsubmergible, so that they would be safe to float even in the hurry and distraction attending an accident. Of course these boats could be made to serve the same purpose as the present houses, care being taken to keep no heavy stores in them, and also to.have some water and provisions on board.- They would be set on skids, and proper tacklq, such as is used in launching the long-boat, provided. By giving these boats some shear, and'air vessels stem and stern, they could be made self-righting. These, with the usual complement of boats, would contain the whole of an average ship's company. The houseboats might be sold in the colonies for lightering purposes, and new ones provided for next voyage out if required. There are many details to be adjusted, and possible objections, but I feel convinced that something might be done in that direction."
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Globe, Volume IV, Issue 303, 2 June 1875, Page 3
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