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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.

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