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The Illustrated London News, Saturday, March 11, 1843

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1843
Description
Page from The Illustrated London News with a letter to the editor describing a sea-parachute, or life-umbrella designed to save people from drowning in shipwrecks. An accompanying illustration shows a man leaving the scene of a shipwreck using the device.
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