Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1914 — Firemen's Water-Jackets. [ARTICLE]

Firemen's Water-Jackets.

Im Berlin the firemen wear water jackets with a double skin, which they are able to fill with water from the hose. If the space between the layers becomes overfilled the water escapes through a valve at the top of the helmet and flows down over the fireman like a cascade, protecting him doubly-