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How William T. Donnelly Intends to Make Ships Unsinkable 



Much has been heard lately of unsinkable ships, 

 but after the Titanic disaster the public became 

 skeptical. However, Mr. William T. Donnelly, of 

 New York, has recently advanced a new and plausi- 

 ble idea. Buoyant boxes are to be packed into 

 allotted spaces, thus adding enormously to the 

 buoyancy of the vessel. The boxes will be water- 

 tight and airtight and very strongly made. They 

 will be placed as an additional wall between the 



cargo and the vessel's side. When traveling light 

 the buoyancy boxes would suffice to keep her afloat, 

 even though badly damaged. If loaded they would 

 enable her to keep on the surface even though all the 

 rest of her free space were flooded. The boxes are 

 to be standardized and stored at shipping terminals 

 so that they will always be on hand to fill any spare 

 space not taken up by the cargo. The steamer 

 Lucia has already been fitted with these new boxes. 



