The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-08-25

rr'snnt ~ 10 ~ OLA nuu"arino'. The instant
lower "k WON'T ho .lo-cl. amt tlr oili IRIS and
mon Hll rrlir" to fhr nld. AZ q ln'io lookout in
ln bow ih, Iroi 80. cr would rm. h. oy"s
in nrlwr"u the mtu and lowor dorls. AMI
gradually fh' u Hiips r sinks unt nothing ~
1t ssur' of Does two in u.naH boilers mud ihn
3D. -'r'yrr H. turned h.Hi on toward the inn
srsi ri1ns * w. Strange tnint. If he lid mi
Know what IL WIS. Too ,t,nin at Tho iron-iud
unElt u 20 81. ~ or two. nud ihrn. II IN" moving
rr'k. .lrk dll not stop. might send in "A
hruul -Id'. After tho smoke had cleared urnh-
nilv all TINT could i've soon would ho tho black
OH rs uu rtnrs. hut tho bow would hc seon
To- Ice moving alonE ut frighlul speed.
with dynamite. is loing placed in tho
pneumatic tub". M tn, air-compr'ss ng on
giu"s arr churg ma the tube. The oil ''r with
his "y.s ri the lookout. sicers the DESTROYER
strnight toward the irOnclnd, and directs the
torpedo nr'fs Just where 90 aim tho IN -silc.
When hundred wards. NOR. or less. nwqy, h,
will give tine order. the torpedo $ released aud
with n pressure o' $50 pounds an In h at its
fiat back. 1t shoots six or eight feet under
ironclld and strikes Il somewhere on the
hull. There will he little noise. but the water
lur N and CULVER. scttl" uni sink probably he-
Tor" any one has the siiEht"st chance tO escape.
But the Destroyer with another torpedo in The
!uh'. lh-s'S on 4. u" next iruu'lal. una IN
fw minutes that disnppoars and 20 on through
the II 1T. In short time they are all
gone Then the DESTROYER will pump
out the water between her decks ana
the two feet of black sides will rise and the
officers and mon come 10 the deck and get
breath If air. They are not rriiuy with powder
and hnNo n { been -uillentnd with smoke An
this Capt. Ericsson believes that the DESTROYER
can do. und one o.; These lighters In each Inn
portant harhor would do away with all nrDd of
forts and make % navy for defensive wnrfir,
Unnecessary. In other words Can't Ericsson
believes that the DESTROYER will rryulutiouigr
and practically terminate naval warfare for
nothing that can be- uidan 70 nont and nahi can
withstand H.. In srrnkins of the destroyer n
few weeks ago Cart Ericsson said that be- folt
safe in predicting that TIA. builling of COSTLY
irnnci1d1 and 'oa-t f"rtif,at''rs w6nii sD"1
thnv " MI become and thnf Il and oihrrs Ike
II would ii, the hiiiunna work of k,ruinr th,
s,u FREQ for pnacD ful commerce.
Cirt. Fri .s-on', prs.lictIon rernr ling his
lttin Monitor which he srnt doyn ~ uninnt,r
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