ROCKETS
American ocean-going steamers are required to have some approved means of firing lines to the shore. Cunningham rockets and the Hunt gun are largely used. The inaccuracy of the rocket is of less importance when fired from a ship than when fired from shore.
CHAPTER XXXI
Seeking Safety at Sea
ONE MORE TRAGIC LESSON—RESULTS OF TITANIC DISASTER—LONDON CONFERENCE ON SAFETY AT SEA—LIFE-BELT DRILL—GIANT RAFTS—LIFE-SAVING SUIT—STORAGE BATTERIES FOR LIGHTS—DOUBLE HULL ABOVE WATER—SUBMARINE BELL—REGULATION OF TRAFFIC
WITH the sacrifice of another thousand human lives in the sinking of the Empress of Ireland the world has received one more tragic lesson in solving the problem of achieving safety at sea. Drastic rules governing navigation in narrow, much-frequented passages in times of fog are expected to result. Perhaps, as George Uhler, supervising inspector general in the service of the United States, said, “there is only one safe way for vessels to navigate a fog, and that is to stop until the weather clears.”