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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7811, 2 May 1905, Page 2

A lifeboat of unique idcsiig.n, named the Uj'add, recently reached Gloucester, Massachusetts, after a Oerri'ble trip from Norway, The Craft is only 18 feet long, 8 feet broad, and 8 feet deep, and looked, when floating in the water, exactly like a huge metal egg. Despite a series of tempests the I radid, after many adventures, safely covered upwards of .1000 inilcsj She is propelled by a little sail. Captain llrude declared his Intention of returning to Kurope in the Vradd which he qluimod has solved the problem of savirtg at seru Forty persons could have been carried* with provision® for every one. On returning to Europe, he intends agitating until every Atlantic liner carries a fleet of his lifeboats. When the passengers are placed inside the metal globe the lid is simply screwed down and everyone is perfectly sale. One sailor is sufficient to navigate the craft until'af&isUnce arrivps. The captain admits "the discomfort's of a long voyage i/V a restntod space amid rough seas, but clo/los the inventive genius of Lhe world to produce a better raft, The proent lifeboats carried by all vessels, he declares, are obsolete, and practically useless'. It is impossible to launch |t'hem in a rough sea. The worst ! possible weather was experienced during the last few days off the New Knglaqd coast, and on this fact he cniicfly bases his 'Claim to the reward, said lo have been offered by it French' philanthropist, of £200,"000 for the best lifeboat in the WF& 1