Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1920 — Invents Wireless Safety. [ARTICLE]

Invents Wireless Safety.

However well equipped with wireless a ship may be, an accident that results In its sinking puts an end to its distress signals, and may not even allow time to begin Aiem, leaving its hurriedly-manned lifeboats without any means of communication with each other or with a rescue ship. An eastern inventor has designed a simple and compact equipment for one or more lifeboats on each vessel, reports Popular Mechanics Magazine. The wireless apparatus, used for both telegraphing and telephoning, is inclosed in a water-tight box at the stern, and grounded through a metal plate on the bottom of the boat To shut out extraneous sounds and add to the sensitiveness of the set, the operator is equipped with a helmet containing the telephone receivers.