SAVING LIFE AT SEA.
THE BAFT PROCESS. In view of the building of a newFrench trans-Atlantic liner to ply between France and New York, the French Government is to apply a scheme for carrying two well-equipped rafts, which cannot sink, as shade decks, so that in the event of the ship sinking 1 , as did the Bourgoyne, the passengers will easily find a way to the rafts. The raft In the forward part of the ship is to be 89 feet long and 2S feet broad. After raft 3 ICD feet long are to bo made in compartments of thin steel to carry 2000 passengers, and can be thrown overboard in case of necessity.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11126, 19 January 1899, Page 3
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114SAVING LIFE AT SEA. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11126, 19 January 1899, Page 3
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