New-York daily tribune., 1845-04-21
Ttf~Profectors

'Whv don't you provide some means OF escape
in case Of FIRE or explosion p Inquired gentleman
oe a steamboat captain. ''Oh we don't wan; 10
alarm the passengers or intimate that there s any
DANGER" was the reply This is the key 10 the
prevailing policy. = Life-Boai on each side OF
The upper deck would be in the way occasionally,
and three or four hundred Life-Protectors hung up
where they would be ct hand in case OF scciden;
would suggest the idea OF possible danger, and per-
haps deter some timid old lady from taking pas
sage On, cur boats never explode OF take fire.
and we don't mean they shal'--and so they make
no preparations for calamity. and fifty lives are
often los, where FIVE woald no, have been if the
boat had been properly provided with Lis-Pre-
servers
-saaA thi, 90 on7 We say ii ought not; who
shall say i; must not VIII the Legislature con-
sider this subject!
We give the following additional certificates Of
the value and importance of Mr. Bulkleys Life
Protectors
Certificate Of he Aaa rho .rai s1red froa tx brig U|
Tai ne Captain ieaGa and haar aoori eers dT9Sae1
6ts February, ls4l.
A; the -eques, Of Mr. Ralph Rulkey inventor Of the
New-York Patent Nctac Life Protector. hereby sta;e
that Of the late brig Vim. Tell, Captain Mar
tin lost the coast " Bar5ag the 9th day OF teb
lSil IDat IN attempting IeaCu sote- az
Martin and seamen were drowne1 no one Sdra
ne1 boats have examined the "Metalc Life Proiec-
tor alluded and have tried lis buoyancr in wa
and have doubt had Te been supplied Win this
description life protectors, should in opinion all
gone ashore the vessel struck without any loss
lives without sacrificing the lives the hooFs en-
poyed by NJ wiltshire, the Consul 20 assistn getting Us on
shore -Four Of Moers drowned left the bTg IN
which dashed to pieces on approaching the break
ers-and IN cases nmnen; danger experienced BY
US should sooner risk myse' with pair OF these Lie
Protectors which tLss h.s hands and h s
than in any description Of boat. think they ought 10 be
| provided in every vessel going TO sea
Mate OF the late brig VIM. Tel.
rr,if1.. n Cap.an Sephsn Manchester ore o> ll or
persons ;ared from steamboat Lering,oa. 0rsr 100
! peys0ps uere bvrnt or dropned
have examined the "New-York Patent Metallic Life
Protector inv n,ed by Mr.. Ralph Bukley, OF New York
consider II important invention for the object intend
ed and on the following points superior 10 any irg in
use namely, IL being OF meaic substance Is IN rs nature
and he always in readiness for and i
construction thai Il not only be quickly a.tac
20 person. but be placed IN convenient parts OF
steamboats, numbers sufficient 10 accommodate al o"
bodrf which is important nasnuch steamboat could
not be expected to take boats accommodate than
from 100 2n0 persons whereas steamboats, frequently
take hundred ech; hundred passengers on
board. Ny late nal experience in the III fated steam
boat Lexington having been myself saved upon bale OF
cotton, satisfies that where small boas are insufficient
10 save all in cases distress the rush for preference viii
provided which from that other the IN
the Lexington, hdriRP been sured tn her boat
should therefore consider this newly invented meac pro-
tector important even IN steamboats, which provided
with life boats and useful rrecauiion even In life
boat, STEPHEN MANCHESTER.