A NEW SWIMMING DRESS.
A swimming dress, resembling a diver's dress, and made of double indiarubbor, has been adopted in the German navy. Oil tho chest is a valve tkrough which air is blown into the interior of the dress which covers the whole body, and leaves only the face. To prevent the swimmer from being to much tossed about by the sea, the apace round the chest is especially large. The swimmer wears a belt which divides the dress into two parts, to pre rent a too great loss of air if the dress were torn about the legs, and consequent difficulty in swimming. The swimmer wears shoes with leaden soles to secure his equilibrium, and for his defence a dagger, which is fastened to the girdle. The swimmers are to be employed for the blowing up of minos and hostile craft and are provided with a box containing an explosive charge, which thej have to fasten to the mine or craft and ignite. Before the explosion occurs they are out of reach of danger. The swimming dress has already been tried in Germany. During tho attack on the harbour of Kiel, on August the 29th, swimmer were despatched from the iron-clads to destroy the mines closing the port,
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Waikato Times, Volume 2611, Issue 2611, 6 April 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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210A NEW SWIMMING DRESS. Waikato Times, Volume 2611, Issue 2611, 6 April 1889, Page 2 (Supplement)
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