SUBMARINES.
PROFITING BY PAST EXPERI- ' ' ESCB. AIR-TIGHT HisLMETS. IN CASE OF ACCIDENT. \ r ; ' —-;-:■ ■.",. .-.' Received May 30, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, May 29. Some of the crews of British submarines are training—in a deep tank at Portsmouth—in airtight helmets and jackets, which contain oxylithe. The latter, when moisten x ed, generates oxygen. j In case of accident, it is said, the j crew of a submarine can don the helmets, open the conning-tower, and the air in the helmets will enable them to rise to the surface.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10057, 31 May 1910, Page 5
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85SUBMARINES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10057, 31 May 1910, Page 5
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