Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 500, 18 January 1902 — To Prevent Ship's Sinking. [ARTICLE]

To Prevent Ship's Sinking.

NEW YORK. Jan. 4 —Chief En jJn*'«T Emil Prillwitz of the North Com man Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Willhelm is experimenting with a n«*w arrangement which he has placed in the ship for use in ease of a collision A small wheel abaft the pilot house is turned and instantly hydraulic pressure closes twenty water tight doors in the lower part of the ship, making sixteen watertight compartments.