Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1892 — Steel Lifeboats. [ARTICLE]

Steel Lifeboats.

The latest form of lifeboats are built of steel, and possess the Invaluable quality of bolng unslnkablo and selfrighting. The fore and aft sections of the boat aro constructed In tho form of fid low oonos, thoroughly air and water light, and tholr peculiar form imparts trumenso strength and rigidity to the whole structure. In an otnergoncy the steal boat can bo thrown overboard bodily, without the formality and oare at« tnndant on the use of boat-lowering gear, as, no matter how tho boat alight* In tho water, It will float on au even keel and c anno’t poselbly swamp.