Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-02
Wonderful Invention Which Car
ried Men in Safety Through a
Fierce Gale Recently.
MAY SUPERSEDE THE LIFE BOAT
Points About Captain Doenyig's Latest
Marine Wonder Which Was Tried
OF Danish Coast.
spcIal Correspondence.

Spcial Correspondence.
Copenhagen, Dec. l6.-In spite OF the
success which attended the trials Of
captain Doenvig remarkable new life
saving globe at Skagen recently. 1t is,
OF course, a good deal too early 10
prOphesy that II Will eventually super
scde the life boat. There Is significance.
however. In the unusual interest with
'Hhich several prominent steamship
lines have been watching the Morse
mans experiments with his invention.
Not withstanding the Improvements
which have resulted IN the life boats
carried on board ship being made I'M
slnkable and self-baillng. wave still
can pour into them and passengers can
fall out Of them. Neither OF these OBJ
jectiOns can be brought against the
Doenyig globe however, and its In
yentor believes that In his new inven-
ton Hes the secret Of life saving at sea.
The "Doenvlg globe Is composed OF
steel and glass, the bottom, or sub
merged part being "A strong hemisphere
Of the metal, while the upper half Ia
glass set in steel frames. In time OF
s%hipwreck, passengers get inside the
globe through q manhole neal the top.
which admits one person at a time.
close the water-tight lid, and trust 10
attracting the attention Of some passing
steamer or to being washed ashore by
the waves.
The Norwegian inventor could not
have asked for more favorable weather
favorable for him because IL was not
so to other v~Oyagers-than that In
which he carried out his final test. For
more than 10 hours before the expert
ment Was made one OF the worst storms
known to the bleak peninsula OF Jut-
land mad ragged, n gale lashing tho
waves into mountains of water which
broke over the rocks with terrific force.
AS soon az the captain decided 10
make his experiment the cruiser Held
NAL promised him by the uvernmen
was summoned. which after taking on
board the inventor and his crew. the
official government committee. and the
little body OF newspaper men, proceed
ed to a point of Cape Skagen. where
the current from the North Sea meets
the swirling water from the Skager
Rack In a whirlpool Of boiling foam.
From the shelter OF the lighthouse on
the narrow spur Of land AN anxious lit
tie group OF spectators watched the
HeidmAl gradually work its way to "A
point favorable for the experiment. FL
nally the little cruiser dropped anchor
ana the watchers az the lighthouse saw
|, captain Doenytg and his assistants m
q globe with sandbags and toss II over
board, For half an h&r 1t bobbed
about. finally grounding Where a BODY
OF sailors had no difficulty In pulling IL
ashore,
Then the spectators dimly made on,
five men entering another globe which
the ships crew carefully lowered into
the sea. II was then shortly after 4
o'clock In the afternoon and the storm.
instead OF showing signs Of abate-
ment, seemed 10 roar with increased
fury. Time after timeIhe. great rollers
completely submerged the little craft
with its ftye plucky men, while the fire.
Quent undertows drew down the globe
until It's nag hardly could be seen wav-
Ing from the top, Carefully placed hal
last, however, kept the sphere right side
up all the time and In about 20 minutes
after It left the Heidmal n lifeboat crew
waiting on shore rushed into the water
and drew the globe 10 dry land. As the
sphere grated on the sand Captain
Doenvig threw back the lid and led his
crew TO their friends on the beach.
Since q careful examination of the
globe failed to reveal Il defect OF n
sort the captain feels that he has sue.
ceeded beyond even his own expecta-
lions, lie says the brief voyage was
In no way unpleasant and no shock was
felt when the globe grounded. The
apparatus has lust been sent to Con
cnhagcn for exhibition,