London, June 21.
The British Admiralty is considering the purchase of diving bells for the rescue of crews of submarines which fail to rise to the surface after diving, Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, told ihe House of Commons this afternoon, adding that negotia-tons on this matter had been opened with naval authorities in the United States.
It may be recalled that the failure of the Admiralty to possess such diving bills and the Navy's exclusive reliance on "rescue lungs" were much criticized in connection with the recent disaster to the submarine Thetis, in which 99 men lost their lives.—Trans-Ocean.
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