GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1856, 23 July 1918, Page 4

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

HELMET EOR FIGHTERS’ EYES. Fighting is becoming safer each day. Just now it hs the shrapnelproof helmet which is being improved upon so as to serve the further purpose of protecting the wearer’s eyes and face, as well as the head. The Belgians have taken the wellknown French casque and added a visor member extending well down over the face. This visor is provided with two openings or winds, each protected by steel bars run-

ning across, so that there is small chance of a shell splinter reaching the wearer’s face. It will be recalled that the newly-designed Swiss helmet is also provided with a visor. As likely as not, the visor will soon be a feature of most helmets. THRILLING AIR ADVENTURE. At an inquest held by an Eastern Counties’ coroner on Sub-Lieuteh-ant Ow'cn Hewitt Dumpier Bennett, of Birmingham, killed through a collision in the air, a brother officer said the deceased was flying 300 ft. to 400 ft. above him and suddenly fell. The nose of witness’ machine jammed in under ’the carriage of deceased’s, and they locked together and rolled over and over for 300 feet. Witness’ machine then broke adrift, and the other crashed to the ground. Witness came out of the lock in a dive, and then planed down. Verdict: “Accidental death.”