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When the S. S. Malolo crashed, Exide was standing by! SHIP looming suddenly out of the fog....a grinding crash... . and in three minutes the proud new S..S. Malolo was drifting helplessly, with dead fires in her flooded boiler rooms! At the same time the generators were put out of commission. Until the auxiliary diesel engine gen- erator could be started, the big liner was without a permanent supply of electric current. Yet why didn’t the lights fail? They flickered once, but then blazed up as bright as ever—and kept burning! And why wasn’t the radio silent? The generators were dead—yet within a few minutes after the crash the SO S flashed out over the air! The explanation is— Exide Batteries. The instant that. the generators failed, the light- ing circuits were automat- Exide BATTERIES FOR EVERY MARINE USE THE ELECTRIC STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY, Philadelphia ically switched to a big'Exide that was charged and ready for just such an emergency. Up in the radio room, when the operator felt the - shock of the collision, he switched his set tothe Exide Emergency Radio Battery that is part of his equip- ment. Then he tapped the key and his call for help went out as clear and strong as ever. This great ship, the Jargest American-built liner, was designed by Gibbs Bros. and constructed for the Matson Line in full compliance with the International Conference for Safety of Life at Sea. When she was launched we were proud to state that a complete equip- ment of Exide Batteries was part of her numer- ous safety devices. We also stated what these Exides would do when called on in an emergency. They did it. Exide Batteries of Canada, Limited, Toronto MARINE REVIEW—July, 1927 53